bombers over burbank!!!! - Beyond Tiki

T Tiki-bot Member Joined: Jun 24, 2002 Posts: 1345	T Tiki-bot Posted posted on Fri, May 20, 2005 11:16 AM Wow, nice pics! I wish I had the $$$ to get a ride in the B-17. I was lucky as a teenager to have a friend who worked at Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino and a bunch of us got to ride in a B-25 and an O-47 ("The Owl") The B-25 was fun, but very cramped and hot and we couldn't move around. I was in the bubble nose, which was pretty cool, though. The O-bird was more fun as it had windows along the belly that were used to mount cameras in during the war. There are heavy-duty rails along the belly area that I could stand on, and the pot-belly combined with the high canopy allowed me to stand up during flight. It was really thrilling buzzing the swamps of Chino and being able to watch the ground rush by right under my feet. Good times.

Wow, nice pics! I wish I had the $$$ to get a ride in the B-17. I was lucky as a teenager to have a friend who worked at Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino and a bunch of us got to ride in a B-25 and an O-47 ("The Owl")

The B-25 was fun, but very cramped and hot and we couldn't move around. I was in the bubble nose, which was pretty cool, though. The O-bird was more fun as it had windows along the belly that were used to mount cameras in during the war. There are heavy-duty rails along the belly area that I could stand on, and the pot-belly combined with the high canopy allowed me to stand up during flight. It was really thrilling buzzing the swamps of Chino and being able to watch the ground rush by right under my feet.

Good times.

Post #160351 by Tiki-bot on Fri, May 20, 2005 11:16 AM