my first strafing run is only $263K away
July 17th, 2007
back in middle school and junior high, i was obsessed (to put it mildly) with fighter planes, especially those from WWII. i knew all the models, armaments, range, etc. my favorite modern-day plane (modern at the time) was the F-14 Tomcat. but my favorite fighter of all time, bar none, was the RAF Supermarine Spitfire, an absolutely amazing and beautiful piece of machinery. i had this dream of flying one someday… hoping somehow that someone out there had kept one in good enough condition for me to take it up for some split-S turns.
it turns out that some version of that dream is possible, and it’s only $263,000 and 1,200 hours away. It’s a 90% scale and not the original thing, but it might just fly a little safer at this point.
since junior high, my opinions on war have changed drastically, but i still love the planes. i’m telling you: if i had been born two generations earlier, i would have been up there, shooting down Bf 109’s.
August 1st, 2007 at 2:14
Here is one that is just a little smaller, but alot less expensive, and less flight training required to fly.
http://www.nitroplanes.com/spmk2120gisc.html
August 1st, 2007 at 2:27
Personally tho, I really like the F6F Hellcat. I really like the look that plane, especially in contrast with the zeros it was designed to compete against. If I could acquire and fly any plan in history, that would probably be it.