Razorback, almost like being there

rsv1cox Tue Apr 26, 2016 12:42 pm

for a wanna be P-51 driver like me. Next to the P-38, my fav WW2 aircraft.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOXxUApaaWo

This is part 3 of a 3 part series, and probably the best that I have seen. I can't imagine those 19/23 year old kids in WW2 mastering the complexities of flight and enduring multi hour trips deep into Germany protecting bombers and conducting dog fights along the way. Where did we ever find them and my hat's off to all that flew those skys.

You can just see this guy push the stick forward to lift the tail improve his vision and simply glide off the ground. Amazing to me but everday stuff to them.

Bob

fredvon4 Tue Apr 26, 2016 1:56 pm

Bob if flying a P51 is a true gotta do bucket list thing there is a group in Florida that for $800~$1200 will take you for a video ride and you fly the plane most of the time... (still looking for the long lost web site)

MY co-worked Maceo Mays wife bought him the ride for his 65th birthday and we all got to see the video on CD when he got back

The real pilot coached him through a bunch of loops and rolls and just let him skid the craft all over the air "shadowing the controls" keeping it semi safe....grin

I think he had more than 4 hour hard problem after the flight...if you watch any male enhancement commercials you should understand

found it...and remember Lee Lauderback was his trainer pilot
http://www.stallion51.com/contact.shtml

rsv1cox Tue Apr 26, 2016 4:36 pm

Thanks Fred, It's on my bucket list.

Last week on the NBC evening news they profiled a WW2 transport pilot that took a ride in a L-39. Could have been the same folks there in Kissimmee that provided his excitement. He was in his nineties. Got me thinking.

I have mentioned that I have a lot of time in the old P-80 simulator (think Link trainer if you go way back). It's Navy designation was 2-F-23 a large thing much bigger than a pickup truck filled with vacuum tubes and their support systems. It simulated flight and navigation (Omni range, ADF, DME, TACAN old stuff) but I never had any real time seat time.

Thinking back I could probably have begged some rear seat time in the P-80's trainer version. You see sir, it would really make me a better instructor. Smile

Mark Boesen Tue Apr 26, 2016 10:49 pm

neat video, thanks for sharing!!!!

rsv1cox Wed Apr 27, 2016 11:32 am

Part one shows the razorback profile and him putting on his helmet. I wondered how he put on that helmet and still retained his head mounted Go-Pro. Then in part three you see his reflection in the windscreen answering the question.

Busy cockpit. He describes it well. Neat watching him retracting the landing gear then later deploying it again. Eleven minutes of fun. I wonder how those WW2 boys felt after hours sitting in there.

Bob

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