I had an opportunity, thanks to my flying ability and the help of a friends pocket book to fly in an old WWII B-17 bomber. Below are a couple of the pictures I took and a short video. It was awesome!
Apparently there is only about 8 or so of these still flying today
Not sure if its true, but someone told me the average live expectancy of a tail gunner in combat was less than a minute.
This is looking out of the open sliding canopy, which they kept open the whole flight
This was the flight back from Gillespee field in San Diego. We were socked in like this the whole way. This picture was taken over Temecula, if that wasn't obvious
Stretching and warming up
Just before the race started
Crossing the finish with Marc hot on my tail
Marc crossing the finish
I was a little bit puzzled that my time was slower than my practice runs around my neighborhood, i think Marc felt the same way.
Not sure if its true, but someone told me the average live expectancy of a tail gunner in combat was less than a minute.
This is looking out of the open sliding canopy, which they kept open the whole flight
This was the flight back from Gillespee field in San Diego. We were socked in like this the whole way. This picture was taken over Temecula, if that wasn't obvious