Sooo I flew in a B-25 last weekend ...

[Hockeywarrior]

... and it was AWESOME. The Commemorative Air Force came to my home town of New Orleans and brought with them a B-25, B-29, B-17, B-24, Helldiver, P-51, and a few other planes to look at, explore, and take rides in. Nearly all of the aircraft in the CAF's national 126-aircraft fleet are in flying condition.

The first day I basically just paid the entrance fee to see the aircraft and explore them, but I was talked into buying a ride by a friend and some pilots with the CAF. The next morning I went up in their B-25J for 45 minutes and have no regrets. The B-25 is one of my all-time favorite planes, so it was an unforgettable experience.

I took plenty of footage and photos while I was up and compiled them into the video, below. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG7oOirSQpI

[THeTA0123]

Beautifull man! beautifull! I once hopped on a B17 when i was young. Man that was epic as hell but the ball turret is frikking cramped...Especially in flight

[Kubador]

You lucky, lucky man.

[Zoologic]

I'm jealous now. Hopping for a ride in a classic plane is the wet dream of every aeroplane mania, let alone WW2 enthusiasts.

But many thanks for the video.

[Roughbeak]

Wow, it must have been incredible to be there. Thanks for the video!

[Ivancic1941]

Whyyyy youuu??? Beautiful man nice video nice fly Im also fan of B-25.Im so jealous at moment.I never saw any vehicle from WW2 only guns MG42,M1Garant,....:'(I saw from 1990 war planes,ships,.. I wish i can jump trough video in B-25. I tryed and broke my iPad.Kiding.

[Slayer]

Wow, superb! Thx for sharing

Would love to do this myself one day, but I also enjoy it to sit back and relax with a nice tune in the background while you probably had your eardrums blown out in that plane

[Matthew_Baker]

Holy shit that's cooler than the other side of the pillow.

My Grandfather was a B-24 Pilot so I always wondered what similar types of bombers were like on the inside.

Do you have any more standalone pics of the inside? Particularly the turret gunners cockpits? I was always interested to know how these functioned.  

[LuckyOne]

Wow, here's a picture of me after I read this!



Seriously, whatever you paid for it, I'd say it was worth it, not many of these birds fly around today!

[69rat]

awesome man!! thanks for sharing. i had a chance to ride in a b-17 at a local air show but i didnt do it cause of the cost. wish i would have. thats cool you got to go in the nose and ball turret during the flight. i'm jealous.

[Hjaldrgud]

Did you shoot down any bandits?

I am jelly

[Hockeywarrior]

Holy shit that's cooler than the other side of the pillow.

My Grandfather was a B-24 Pilot so I always wondered what similar types of bombers were like on the inside.

Do you have any more standalone pics of the inside? Particularly the turret gunners cockpits? I was always interested to know how these functioned.

Unfortunately I don't have too many good shots of the turret gunner cockpits. The plane was bouncing around so much and I had limited time so that I could only get limited footage/photos. Here are all of the images I captured of the B-25. Hopefully something is of interest to you!

http://imgur.com/a/AjFMT#63

[siben]

Why did'nt they let you take pot shots at the river with those mg's? that is the only thing that went through my mind when looking at the video.

[Hockeywarrior]

Why did'nt they let you take pot shots at the river with those mg's? that is the only thing that went through my mind when looking at the video.

I wish! Unfortunately the guns all looked to be deactivated -- the top turret was crankable though!