So…my father and I drove to Canton Ohio for a flight on a WWII bomber. It wasn’t Memphis Belle but a B-17 that is totally restored and an awesome ride. It was $900 for both of us for a 45 minute flight. The plane cruised at around 150mph and had the top turret removed and you could actually stick your head out the top while in flight!
The nose of the plane was polycarbonate with 3 .50cal machine guns.
Here are a few pics…
top turret
Ball Turret (bottom) from inside the plane.
Me and pops
It was a good time and something that may not be around 20 years from now.
Ive been to the AFB probably atleast 12 times my next time I plan to go with my father on a restoration day so you can see a plane they are restoring as its happening
There were a few planes being restored. The museum was awesome. They had a F-14, a few choppers, and some other WWII fighters.
I didn’t make any machine gun noises but I did think how awesome it would have been to go up in a machine like that and kick some ass - especially a whole fleet of them.
The flight only had 10 of us on board so we were aloud to roam around the aircraft. They said it cost around $1500 an hour to keep up. With 10 people though 4500 should produce a bit of profit. The pilots were awesome…they flew in shorts and tennis shoes.
It was loud inside during the flight but a very “well tuned” loud. Nothing obnoxious. You could actually talk to each other if you turned the volume up a bit.
Forgot the digitial camera
