My dad was in the Air Force a long time ago and maintained his pilots license until recently. Later in life, he became friends with a Richy Rich pilot who flies a restored P-51 in airshows. He took my Pops up and let him have the stick for a bit. There is nothing like the sound of a P-51.

He also got to fly in a Super Hornet and Tomcat before the Navy shut that down due to 9-11. Not sure if you can sense my jealousy through the keyboard, but it is strong. All I got to do was get on the Hornet flight line for a bit and also crawl through a decomissioned Tomcat. The coolest part was climbing up into the Tomcat's afterburners. I'm 6'1" and I could almost stand up inside. Those old F-14's are HUGE.