Originally Posted By: Driftin'
Originally Posted By: NickD90
There is nothing like the sound of a P-51.



Old family friend was a commercial pilot. Flew 747's all over the globe. He'd share some pretty amazing stories but he really lit up when he regaled us about the time he took a Mustang up. The scant instruction he got was "don't push her too hard before you're airborne." Apparently, the torque from those old Allisons was enough to give a pilot with a heavy hand a good view of the runway....



The sensations one experiences in a high performance fighter aircraft has no equal.
I'm not talking about level flight, but rather dog fighting in the back seat of a F4 Phantom.
Even though the cockpit is air conditioned, you will be sweating buckets, tunnel vision, gray outs, high G's, unlike any thrill ride you have ever experienced.
30 minuets of air to air combat makes one feel like they have been pulled through a knot hole backwards.