Aircraft

[Texas Lawdog]

QD, I made a post about that B29 last week. I did some research on it and posted all the info I could find out about it.

[Queasy Dillo]

Oops.  Sorry about that.  I just ventured back last week, so I guess I just missed it.  That's about as vigilant as I get, I guess.   

[Texas Lawdog]

QD, I noticed in your profile that you are in Waco. My beautiful wife graduated from BU.  We always make an annual pilgrimage to "The Health Camp" for burgers.

[Queasy Dillo]

I'm here a little while longer, at least, until I can wring a commercial certificate out of TSTC.  Funny you mention Health Camp, though - went there just the other day.  Survived the Circle of Doom and everything and ate probably the un-healthiest burger in town.   

[Texas Lawdog]

That's the irony of it! We usually go down there about once a year. Maybe just once a year won't hurt us too bad.

[kflach]

Out of curiosity, if you could own (and obviously fly) one of them, which would you choose? I think the B-17s, the B-29s and the Corsairs are beautiful planes, but the plane I'd love to own and fly would be the P-51 Mustang. I love the freedom and maneuverability of fighters - everything else feels like I'm in a bus.

Of course, one of the Fokker Dr. 1 Triplanes would be fun to have as well...

[Leo Tanner]

The gull wing Corsair was one hell of a plane.  The engine was so strong only a select group of military pilots could handle them.  They had a Marine version that was set up to destroy just about anything in its path.  I believe that was the first model I ever built as a kid, my Dad was obsessed with them.

[Queasy Dillo]

Hmmm...if constrained by the finances and operating restrictions of the real world, a Cessna O-2A wouldn't be unwelcome in the hangar, even if it's not a warbird in the tradition sense. 

Outside that, I'd take a B-25.  Preferably a glass-nose model in two-tone MTO camouflage.  Though I gotta admit that a P-40B would be a very tempting option. 

[Texas Lawdog]

QD, There are some former FAC's from the VietNam War that might disagree with you.  We have an Oscar Duece in the CAF inventory. One of my wife's friends father was one of the "Black Sheep". He broke Pappy's leg in a wrestling match at the O club. I would have to say that I would have to choose between a P38, a Spitfire, or a ME109. That would be a hard choice, but I would choose the P38.

[Four-Eyed Buck]

P-47c would be a good choice for me guys. There's just something that's so muscular about it. A Hellcat wouldn't be a bad choice either................Buck