Oldest plane you've flown
01-08-2011 | 10:53 PM
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Oldest plane you've flown
Over the past few months I've had the oportunity to fly multiple 1940's, 1950's and 1960's era aircraft, the oldest being a 1945 Piper L-4J. Being 26 and growing up in the generation I have, when I started flying I would have never thought I would fly a 66 year old plane. So I was just wondering for some BS talk what is the oldest plane some of you have flown.
01-09-2011 | 05:39 AM
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Got a back-seat ride in a 1943 or 1944 P-51D. 
I think the oldest T-38 we have on the ramp is a 1963 model.
(I have opined that the T-38 should be renamed from 'Talon' to 'Cougar,' as she is pushing 50, still looks hot, and eats 24-year-olds for lunch).
I think the oldest T-38 we have on the ramp is a 1963 model.
(I have opined that the T-38 should be renamed from 'Talon' to 'Cougar,' as she is pushing 50, still looks hot, and eats 24-year-olds for lunch).
01-09-2011 | 11:53 AM
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I'm jelous of them all! The only reason I've been so lucky is because my wife is an assistant at a living classic air museum in Oregon. I find flying these classical beauties to be just as rewarding as any modern plane I've been fortunate enough to flown.
01-09-2011 | 12:13 PM
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Would that be the Evergreen Museum in McMinnville?
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