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Anyone going to the WWII airshow in NOLA this weekend?
Posted on 10/22/15 at 12:27 pm
Posted on 10/22/15 at 12:27 pm
It's at the lakefront airport. Which OT ballers will pay to fly in a P-51?
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Posted on 10/22/15 at 12:38 pm to geauxtigers87
How much are they asking? Is this a CAF show?
Posted on 10/22/15 at 12:41 pm to geauxtigers87
I've taken airshows off my list of things to do since 27% of attendees get chopped into pieces.
Posted on 10/22/15 at 12:41 pm to FightinTigersDammit
admission is pretty pricey man... $20/person to walk around a view only 15 planes? Especially considering none of them are rare vintage birds just the tried and true B-17s and p-51s you see at every airshow. I love these shows but gonna skip this one
Posted on 10/22/15 at 12:42 pm to Tigeralum2008
The A-26 and p-39 might be pretty cool
Posted on 10/22/15 at 12:43 pm to geauxtigers87
shite, I thought it was 2 weeks ago and I missed it.
Yeah, looks pretty interesting.
It's $20 to get in but I have no clue how much they charge for flights on the old dogs.
Yeah, looks pretty interesting.
It's $20 to get in but I have no clue how much they charge for flights on the old dogs.
Posted on 10/22/15 at 12:46 pm to geauxtigers87
I'm going and flying in the B-17 Flying Fortress on Sunday at 2...I hope it doesn't rain.
I'll wave from the air.
I'll wave from the air.
Posted on 10/22/15 at 12:46 pm to saintsfan92612
Several years ago in Monroe they were charging $300 for a ride in a B-24 that had been converted into a transport for ranking officers.
Posted on 10/22/15 at 12:46 pm to saintsfan92612
It is through CAF as far as I can tell. I went last year and it was pretty good
Posted on 10/22/15 at 12:52 pm to FightinTigersDammit
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B-24 that had been converted into a transport for ranking officers
Rarity of the bird makes for higher demand.
Posted on 10/22/15 at 1:00 pm to Artie Rome
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I've taken airshows off my list of things to do since 27% of attendees get chopped into pieces.
He's right. I hate to say it but if you want to die in a plane crash, go to an air show.
Posted on 10/22/15 at 1:03 pm to Tigeralum2008
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Especially considering none of them are rare vintage birds just the tried and true B-17s and p-51s you see at every airshow.
lolwut
The ONLY example of a B-29 Superfortress still in flying condition will be there. There is a Dauntless there that is one of maybe 5 or 6 in existence that are still airworthy.
I went last year and these planes aren't sitting there all day parked. They actually take them up and fly them around above the show. Seeing those aircraft in the sky isn't something you see everyday.
Posted on 10/22/15 at 2:54 pm to geauxtigers87
Just went to Wings Over Houston last weekend with my dad...one of the best shows I've been to, and we went every year (except while I was in college). Even got to see the B-17 that I flew on in Junior High. Got a deal, 2-for-1 for a $300 donation. Flew around Galveston area for over an hour and got to move all over the plane while in the air. Really awesome experience.
Posted on 10/22/15 at 3:18 pm to TexasTiger90
It's amazing how small those B-17s are on the inside.
Posted on 10/22/15 at 3:21 pm to FightinTigersDammit
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Several years ago in Monroe they were charging $300 for a ride in a B-24 that had been converted into a transport for ranking officers.
My dad flew a Marine version of the B-24 during WWII (photographing Japanese held island) but in the last month of the war flew the VIP B-24. He got to transport a lot of VIPS, including Nimitz.
Posted on 10/22/15 at 3:24 pm to FightinTigersDammit
quote:In before Paige reference.
It's amazing how small those B-17s are on the inside.
Posted on 10/23/15 at 3:32 pm to soccerfüt
Bump.
Brought a bus full of students to the show today. It was really cool if you're into WWII aviation and they had one of the last remaining Tuskegee Airmen there to talk to everyone. Dude was something like 95 years old, mentally sharp as hell, and flew 409 combat missions in his lifetime.
Brought a bus full of students to the show today. It was really cool if you're into WWII aviation and they had one of the last remaining Tuskegee Airmen there to talk to everyone. Dude was something like 95 years old, mentally sharp as hell, and flew 409 combat missions in his lifetime.
This post was edited on 10/23/15 at 4:15 pm
Posted on 10/23/15 at 3:44 pm to geauxtigers87
Blue Angels in Peachteee City, Ga. I will be there. frick your air show .
Posted on 10/23/15 at 3:49 pm to terd ferguson
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The ONLY example of a B-29 Superfortress still in flying condition will be there.
Was at the top of Benson Tower yesterday afternoon as the B-29 flew by downtown. I actually thought I was hallucinating for a second.
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