Sometimes you just have to play hookie and take a long lunch. Especially as your kids are growing up and your time with them gets shorter and shorter. My son is 15. It won't be long until he is off to college.
Today, we had a unique opportunity. A B24 Liberator, A B17G Flying Fortress, and a P51 Mustang flew in to our little Rinky Dink Airport, hair care and Tire Center (I'll send Mr. White my $.25 for using his line). You could take tours of the two big birds. So I got to climb on board with my Son and take a look around.
Here are some pics from the outside...
At 6'4" tall and a slight 250lbs, I can tell you At my current size, I would not make a very good crewman on one of these. (Now when I was 18-20 and under 200lbs, maybe, but I was still 6'4")
Can't imagine climbing into that belly turret or the tail gunners seat for anything.
They were doing "rides" on the b17 this evening, at about $450 a crack. Told my son, for $450, it better land on a tropical island somewhere. Besides I have router bits to buy.
Today, we had a unique opportunity. A B24 Liberator, A B17G Flying Fortress, and a P51 Mustang flew in to our little Rinky Dink Airport, hair care and Tire Center (I'll send Mr. White my $.25 for using his line). You could take tours of the two big birds. So I got to climb on board with my Son and take a look around.
Here are some pics from the outside...
At 6'4" tall and a slight 250lbs, I can tell you At my current size, I would not make a very good crewman on one of these. (Now when I was 18-20 and under 200lbs, maybe, but I was still 6'4")
Can't imagine climbing into that belly turret or the tail gunners seat for anything.
They were doing "rides" on the b17 this evening, at about $450 a crack. Told my son, for $450, it better land on a tropical island somewhere. Besides I have router bits to buy.
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