Okay boys, here’s our opportunity!!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1310&item=6519323983&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
(company info) http://www.rusad.com/
Take care,[:D]
Frank
omg that would be sooo… is there a word???
Don’t know, would be cool, but given the ecomony and general state of things in Russia, how sound do you think that airframe is?
Can someone lend me $15000 , that would be cool
In 1997 I painted 3, 20’X20’ Air Force patches on a hanger floor so the base could use it for Change of Commands, and to hanger aircraft for our annual Air Show. When the air show came around, the Col. in charge came and asked me if I wanted to go for a flight, (duh), when I said yes, which airplane, he said pick one! (Kid in a candy store X1000).
I walked out to the flightline and there was 4 jets, a Fouga Magister, (sp), Provost, some polish jet that I can’t remember the name of, and a Mig 17 two seater. I said right away, The Mig!
I met the pilot, Jack Wilhite, a 34 year guy, with 32 spent in fighters, Outstanding Individual. He strapped me in, told me all the do’s and don’ts and how to egress, (I still can remember the steps), and we taxied out.
We took off pretty gently, climbed out, and then he says, lets head for those cloulds- That bastard yanked the stick and I had 4 G’s in my lap so fast it felt like a car fell on me. We get into the clouds and he starts doing 4 point rolls, barrell rolls, and then heads for the sky. I am having a ball!
The highlight of the ride was when he asks if I want to do a loop, oh yea! was my ignorant answer, and he says "here we go! He starts the loop and now we’re pulling 7G’s(!!), I’m 200 pounds, and oh my god did that hurt like hell, I start to get tunnel vision, and I black out at the top of the loop. I came to, 1 second later and we’re on the downward side of the loop.
Before I took off, I grabbed some chewing gum, to help with my ears, well, with all of the yakin’, bankin’, and the 90 degree heat of a August day, I’m starting not to feel so good, and the gum isn’t helping with all the swallowing. I grab the oxygen, and start suckin’. Oh, its empty! the gauge just sits there and laughs at me. On the downward slide of the loop, Jack see’s something that he does’nt like, and he starts screwing with the pressurization in the cockpit. He really screwed it up, because now it feels like 2 bent ice picks are in my ears trying to meet in the middle! I have never felt pain like that. (Jack tells me later that when that happened, it felt like Ali puched him right between the eyes).
I grab the puke bag and tell Jack to settle it down please. I took the stick for awhile and flew back to the base. I didn’t get sick, and I start to feel better. We land, and I am drenched in sweat and when I climb out of the cockpit, I shook Jack’s hand, and thanked him for the best ride of my life, and the worst! My hand were shaking for an hour.
I talked to Jack that night at a party and told him that I blacked out at the top of the loop, and he say’s, “Me Too”! We both had a pretty good laugh at that one. He was also celebrating his 70th birthday!
I still keep in contact with him, like I said, Outstanding Individual!
The next day, I scored a ride in the tail of a B-25. Talk about feeling like winning the lottery!
Steve
Would sure be a wid ride. Way too rich for my pocketbook [:(]. Oh well…
Regards, Rick
Upnorth
As we used to say with the F-4’s, “you only have to have total faith in one system on the jet, and that’s the one you’re sitting on”. [:)]
what is up with 18!?!?!?!?!?
it’s 18 everywhere!
jinithith
Ummmm… What do you mean by it’s 18 everywhere? Am I missing something?
Yeah but as I understand it those Foxbat rides go up to 80,000+ feet and at that altitude I have even less interest in checking out how well Russians maintain there ejection seats.
the regulations said that you have to be at least 18 in age
[BH]!
Let’s all pool our money, I’ll take the ride and then describe it to you when I get back.
Darwin, O.F. [alien]
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Take care,
Frank
Phil
That’s true, 80,000 Ft is pretty high, but that’s the great thing about aviation. No matter how high you are when something goes wrong, you WILL descend. You might be too unconscious to do anything about it, but you will come down. [:)]
Jinithith
Gotcha. Someday though.
I noticed that they include lunch… after the flight… the crew chief probably appreciates that.
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The CE is probably the one who insisted on that point of the itinerary! [:D]
Take care,
Frank
Out here at New Castle County Airport we ahve a gentleman who collects and flies mig fighters. As of right now he has a single seat mig 15, mig 17, a duel seat mig 21 and a mig 23. He takes people for rides, i believe it costs 5000 bucks for an hour. But its afterburner and supersonic out over the atlantic all the way. Kinda of funny, i protect the c-130’s but i have had more runs this year for his migs haveing small problems. LOL
So maybe i can claim that i work at a fighter base also. LOL
Bill
I’m heading to my bosses office.
I’m going to try and get this on the expense account.
pulls 2 fresh blank floppy disks from the box
I have some software that needs tested in a hi-G environment.
Yea thats it…
Hey fellows, this is getting better all the time!!!
Instead of $18,000 it will only cost $5,000, we’ll only have to travel to New Castle County Airport instead of to Russia, and we can go up at night so it will look just like outer space!! [:-,][alien][;)] And, with all the money we’ll save, we can get our OWN lunch! [:D] I’d like to go in the Mig-23 but it’s only a single seater, so the “21” will do just fine! [:D]
Thanks Bill! [:)]
Take care,
Frank