Hay George! Cockpits
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Ray said that his hearing was affected, left ear more than right.
Also, he said that there's nothing cooler than cruising along at about 120 knots, sliding the window open and resting your elbow on the windowsill.
The Barbie III was one of the few that had a cannon installed in the nose - yeah, a real cannon. This particular one never flew overseas, but was used as a trainer.
After Ray and his friends (The "Weary Warriors") bought and restored it, he would take it up about once a year with some staff from the OR for a spin around the 'burbs.
That's Ray, standing with the nurses from the OR.
It was very, VERY, expensive to fly and maintain.
I edited the earlier video to one that's on Youtube. It has some history of the B-25H.
Here's a tour with Ray...
After takeoff, Ray's in the right-hand seat.
Link to videoMore than you want to know, but here's the Barbie's history:
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Gonna be in the Rockford/Chicago area?
Come fly on a B-25.
https://www.eaa.org/flight-experiences/b-25
1 hour for the "experience" and about 18 minutes in the air.
$500 for the experience.
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That video you posted of being in a Zero cockpit sent me down the rabbit hole. How lucky are we to have such HD videos, like this one at the 8:00 mark? Go full screen if you can. Flying in a 1945 B-29 Superfortress.
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I remember when cockpit meant the operating controls of an aircraft or boat, but those days are long gone. Now a cockpit is the result of a penile inversion vaginoplasty.
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Cool, I would love do it. My wife might not like the risk or cost, though. There is a WWII airshow near me on Sunday, might drag the family there for Father's Day
@89th said in Hay George! Cockpits:
Cool, I would love do it. My wife might not like the risk or cost, though. There is a WWII airshow near me on Sunday, might drag the family there for Father's Day
Love it. They can’t say no.
I’m going biking with my son, same reason. lol
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https://www.aerovintage.com/2023/08/05/b-17e-41-2595-restoration-update-july-29-2023/
A friend of mine husband has done a lot of work on the plane in the article above. He said that they have been working on it for 30 years and it will probably take another 30 years to finish.
He told a story about an auction in the area of vintage plane parts. The team leader wanted to get an original "yoke" for the plane. Willing to pay a max of something like USD$1500. The winning bidder ended up paying something like USD$6000. Obviously, they did not get it.
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https://www.aerovintage.com/2023/08/05/b-17e-41-2595-restoration-update-july-29-2023/
A friend of mine husband has done a lot of work on the plane in the article above. He said that they have been working on it for 30 years and it will probably take another 30 years to finish.
He told a story about an auction in the area of vintage plane parts. The team leader wanted to get an original "yoke" for the plane. Willing to pay a max of something like USD$1500. The winning bidder ended up paying something like USD$6000. Obviously, they did not get it.
@taiwan_girl said in Hay George! Cockpits:
another 30 years to finish
During the war mechanics could do the repair and turn it around in 30 minutes.
