Last Thursday I was at Oceana Naval Air Station and had an opportunity to fly with an F-14 / FA-18 pilot in a Russian Yak-52 trainer. We went out to the aerobatic "box" near Virginia Beach and did some loops, rolls and inverted flight. It was no big deal for my pilot but it was one heck of a time for me!

That's your loyal Webmaster in the back seat...

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I feel like skydiving this weekend.

Hey! Looks like you had yourself some fun!

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09 Jetta TDI
1985 300D

Now thats just cool!

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Sweet! I'll be at Rudee Inlet in three weeks for two weeks and will look for you hanging upside down.

Hehehe. Thats cool.


You got any pics/vids of you doing barrel rolls/flips?

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it's automatic.

Whoa, that looks like it could have been assembled from WW2 parts. What's the vintage?

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Nice looking airplane, and no vomit on the canopy. Good job!

Very cool! Were you there all weekend for the airshow? My brother drove down and had a blast; he knows the F-14 guys down there (the donated a Tomcat to the museum he directs in IN).

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Just shut up!
Why are you rubbing it in our faces??
You are a very very cruel man.



How does an ordinary person (like me) get to do this sort of thing?

It ain't what ya know, it's who ya know.

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Or how thick your wallet is. At our last local airshow, you could buy a ride in a T-6 Texan for about $90. After talking to the P-51 pilot there, I learned that about $500 would get you an hour or so in one of those. When I win the lottery...

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1980 Euro 300D (sadly, sold)
1998 Jetta TDI, 132K "Rudy"
1974 Triumph TR6
1999 Saab 9-5 wagon (wife's)

$500 to ride in a P51 for an hour? I'm game if I ever get the chance, you only live once thats something that you wouldn't soon forget.

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I know, Hattie, I know! It was something along those lines... more than I can justify at the moment, however. The Mustang I saw was based out of the Chicago area. Wish I could remember the nose art name. If I do I'll post more info. The plane was polished aluminum with blue tail and nose, as I recall.

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1980 Euro 300D (sadly, sold)
1998 Jetta TDI, 132K "Rudy"
1974 Triumph TR6
1999 Saab 9-5 wagon (wife's)

For those of you either in Souther Ontario, or close enough to make the drive from the US, you should check out the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Hamilton, about a 45 minute drive from Niagara Falls, NY. They have several fully functional warbirds going back to WW1 and they regularly take people up for flights. Here's the price list. If you're Canadian, most of the fee can be deducted from your income tax because it counts as a charitable donation. For $2000 Canadian you can fly on one of the two remaining airworthy Avro Lancaster bombers in the world. $275 will get you a flight on a Harvard or Stearman (without all the other membership stuff listed on this page)

Whenver the Lanc flys over Toronto, the sounds of those 4 Merlins sends shivers down my spine. There's nothing like it.

http://www.warplane.com/pages/membership.html