AirWalter Loc: Tipp City, Ohio

I laughed so hard at this I had to pause it and go to the rest room - - - sorry.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1iZtBM23bY

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

theaverlo Loc: Iowa

That was a lot of fun!

Shellback Loc: North of Cheyenne Bottoms Wetlands - Kansas

Awesome -

NMGal Loc: NE NM

That was definitely “LOL”!

RainierView Loc: Eatonville, WA

Thanks for posting this. I laughed so much my stomach hurt and I was laughing tears thru his last flight in the Patriots fighter jet because I could picture my father exactly like that in the story below.

My mother was a pilot in the WAC during WWll delivering supplies and planes stateside. She learned to do stunts. My father was in the Army. After the war ended, they met at the Pentagon and started dating. My mother took him up on a biplane that he was reluctant to try but went. After a while thinking my father was having fun she shot straight up into a stall, dropped down into a loop then flew upside down still thinking my father was having a blast. She said when they landed she got up and my father was just sitting there staring straight ahead and he was green. He never got in a plane with her flying again and he always drove.

One of many planes she flew.

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She loved to fly.

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She flew with the Flying Tigers.

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My parents by the biplane she took him up in. You can tell this was before the flight as he's smiling and his pants are dry.

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Horseart Loc: Alabama

LOLOLOL!!!!!

AirWalter Loc: Tipp City, Ohio

What do you mean she flew with the Flying Tigers? In China? I had an Uncle that flew the Hump taking cargo to the Chinese when the Japanese was attacking them.

RainierView Loc: Eatonville, WA

No, only when they were stateside helping deliver new planes with the new volunteer Tiger pilots before they left for China. Women pilots were not allowed to go overseas back then.

Shellback Loc: North of Cheyenne Bottoms Wetlands - Kansas

Earnest Botello Loc: Hockley, Texas

Great and funny video, Walter, and I am not a fan of Tom or James, thanks for posting.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Oh Lord!

My Dad had a similar experience with a buddy of his who was a test pilot for the F4 Phantom. Dad was in DC for hearings about the airline industry (Union Official) and his hunting buddy was there to demo a new version of the Phantom to Congress. Some Senator canceled on his ride and his buddy asked Dad "Want to go for a ride? I either burn off the fuel or they have to pump it out which is a pain to do." Dad said yes, as long as you don't do any wild shi*.

Well, when they got up to altitude his buddy proceeded to wring that plane out, power dives, zoom climbs, upside down Etc. Etc. and then did a speed run out to sea only about 30' above the water, they had a rooster tail from the engines behind them. And when he saw two destroyers just cruising by minding their own business he radioed them and proceeded to make attack runs while the destroyers did anti-air drills. One attack run was upside down. Then he cruised back to the airbase and while pulling in to the assigned parking area for the demo ride, the engine quit, no more fuel.
Dad didn't talk to him for a month. Then their hunting club had a turkey hunt in the Ozarks. Hunting is much more important than being pi$$ed at a guy.

RainierView Loc: Eatonville, WA

Funny now, like my father with what my mother put him thru, of course he wasn't pissed off so much as scared. Plus, he still wanted to date my mother. I wonder what ride was worse.

AirWalter Loc: Tipp City, Ohio

I thought I had seen where they did have some Americans Nurses over there for injured pilots. Might be thinking about some other place.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Well, my Dad had an advantage, during the war when he and my mother worked for Packard in Detroit he took flying lessons with the Civil Air Patrol and was only 1 hour from his multi engine license when the war ended and the program shut down. He says he and his instructors used to "play" a little over the lakes.