f-35simpilot wrote on Sep 26^th, 2010 at 10:56pm:



Looks like great fun, but I think that the advert is a little misleading. You are not going to get much "flight" training for $12000. You can fly in a P51 for less than half that price. During a previous life in a blue suit I got to fly a back seater in a Harrier T10. Did the whole program, low level, some aero's, hovering and got to have some stick time too. I have also flown in the only airworthy Bristol Blenheim (though I think she is rather un-airworthy at this time). If I had to choose between the two again, it would be the Blenheim every time

Matt

Hagar wrote on Sep 27^th, 2010 at 4:21am:


Whist still wearing a blue suit for Aunty Betty stationed at Marham, I was a volunteer at Duxford around 92-ish for a year before I got posted back to Germany. I spent my time with the Aircraft Restoration Company who operated the Blenheim. I happened to walk into the office at the right time when John Romain owner of ARC was asking who would take the spare seat. It was my job to monitor cylinder head temperatures during a display flight. Luckily my father was on hand to take a few pictures of the event as I was not able to take a camera with me
Unfortunately I left a short time after as I did not see eye to eye with a "real employee" of ARC. I then went back over to the volunteer group and worked on the Britannia for a while. Then the real world sent me over seas again. I had a great deal of fun, but Duxford back then, was full of more self importance than any where else I know off. It may have changed now, we are talking 20 years ago now. Still you cannot sniff at experience and I got to turn screws on quite a variety of aircraft.


Matt

f-35simpilot wrote on Sep 27^th, 2010 at 12:34pm:


He's lying. But a T-28 ride is better than no ride at all.