Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

B29 Doc (the only B29 flying besides FiFi) is currently on a tour of the country. Flights are b/w 600-1500 depending on where you sit/lay (you can go in the forward gun turret). They can take 7 per flight, and typically two flights per day.


Tickets sell out long before it arrives at the next airport.

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Damn, considering the price of fuel; 600 is a bargin
 
Worth every penny. Every time I load into a C 47( Boogie Baby or Wild Kat ) and think of the true Hero's that sat here I truly get emotional. What they did gave me this enjoyable day.
Thanks, I probably had the exact thoughts. We toured the plane the day before, open house thing, this plane and a B 25 Mitchell. First was the size, they are tiny, with a 10 man crew. Even out of high school I doubt I could have made it to the tail gunner position. At 5'9", I could not stand up in the main body part.
Then you think of the hell a lot of them went through, they gave statistics, I think the avg number of missions flown was 7 or11, don't quote me. We flew at maybe 2000 ft, it was over 100 deg in the plane, noise was horrendous. Views for gunners limited as heck, thankfully they had headsets.
The godson got sick half way, took my mind off how soft I am.
 
Fuel is the cheapest part……..
From their site:

$4,500 per flight hour in fuel and oil alone!), .. the cost of maintenance for our warbird (about $1,500 per flight hour), along with the cost of keeping the B-29 Doc Hangar, Education and Visitors Center open to the public

.. I doubt the owners are raking in profits. It's a 501c3 non-profit with a mission to educate the public and honor those who served. It took over 15 years to restore (volunteers).
 
While I find her very intriguing and beautiful........she is wearing a cowboy hat and will destroy that $300,000 tractor within a year. Windows broke, instrumentation on dash broke, at least one fender nearly torn off, air conditioner evaporator completely plugged up, oil never checked, rest of the tractor never serviced and the cab floor full of junk tools and round bale net wrap.
 
I haven't watched NASCAR in forever, this new stage bs is gay.
I also don't watch sports/tv in general, but decided to turn on a hockey game. I can't skate and these guys are insane how they switch directions so quickly and shit
 
Just when I thought it could get worse...
The new bs where the fastest pit stop give you pole position in the last part of the race is gay as fuck.

Only NASCAR could take the actual racing out of racing. It's as bad as the bracket cars in NHRA that slowly speed up with a computer controlled throttle.
 
Just when I thought it could get worse...
The new bs where the fastest pit stop give you pole position in the last part of the race is gay as fuck.

Only NASCAR could take the actual racing out of racing. It's as bad as the bracket cars in NHRA that slowly speed up with a computer controlled throttle.