Went twice as a kid growing up in NE OH. That jet is enormous. It's like the Spruce Goose; you don't get a sense of the sheer scale until you see the thing up close. The cockpit is ridiculously high up and I'm sure that delta wing didn't lend itself to a slow approach speed. Learning to flare properly must have been fun.I didn't read the OP, and I haven't been to all of the cool ones, but I grew up going to the Boeing and Evergreen museums. Both great places, but they didn't have an XB-70. Stayed a night at wright pratt when driving from the RAG on the west coast to Oceana several years back, and we unfortunately got in too late and left too early to go see it. That jet will continue to elude me, but I promise myself that I won't die before I see it in person.
The CAF in Midland is the same way.I'd say the best part is that most of the airplanes are restored to a flying condition. It feels more like an operational hanger with oil puddles and drip pans on the floor then it does a museum.
FLARE.... Blasphemy!!!Learning to flare properly must have been fun.
If it involves the choice of putting the mainmounts through the wings of the aircraft I happen to be flying that day, I'm a dirty rotten heretic.FLARE.... Blasphemy!!!
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You should have been to the Chino Airshow the first week of May this year. They had two in the air.Its a sin I havent seen a flying Jug yet.
Contract gas?If you like warbirds, this is THE show to attend each year. See you there in 2019.
Strange sudden urge to get a tail-dragger endorsement...You should have been to the Chino Airshow the first week of May this year. They had two in the air.
Plus, 3 of the 7 flying Lightnings in the world flew.
At least watch the first 60" of this video, on how to start a P-26. BTW, that's Steve-o in the cockpit.
If you like warbirds, this is THE show to attend each year. See you there in 2019.