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11-15-2011, 06:57 AM

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For pilots in the Tucson, AZ area:

We’re looking for pilots who fly or have flown one of the following aircraft: an AV-8 Harrier, B-29 Superfortress, C-130 Hercules, and Northrop F-5B Freedom Fighter. We would like to interview you for the show. We are planning on filming in Tucson, Arizona at PIMA Air & Space the week of November 28th. Please contact us at [email protected].

For pilots in the Dayton, OH area:

We’re looking for pilots who fly or have flown one of the following aircraft: an F-105G Thunderchief, A-10 Warthog, and B-1 Lancer. We would like to interview you for the show. We are planning on filming in Dayton, Ohio at the National Museum of the Air Force the week of December 12th. Please contact us at [email protected].

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11-15-2011, 08:40 AM

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I think you mean the XB-70. Not many flew that one. Looking forward to the shows.

11-15-2011, 12:47 PM

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I think you mean the XB-70. Not many flew that one. Looking forward to the shows.

Yes that is our mistake. We caught that later in the day. We are now just looking for subjects who may have been crew members or maintainers of the aircraft. Thank you for the correction and for watching.

11-15-2011, 03:26 PM

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I think you mean the XB-70. Not many flew that one. Looking forward to the shows.

Yeah - that would be tough...crew of 2 and they only built 2 of them. Finding crews for the rest of those airframes should pretty easy (better hurry with the B-29 guys).

Shake a tree and a Herk pilot will probably fall out.

11-15-2011, 06:14 PM

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i want to get typed in the b-29 one day; does this count?

11-16-2011, 06:43 AM

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Do you happen to have any friends/contacts who might be interested? Still no word from pilots of those aircrafts on our end.

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Website for the show: Great Planes: Military Channel
YouTube of the promo: Military Channel "Great Planes" - YouTube

11-16-2011, 08:11 AM

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Just wanted to bump this up... I love the show, I hope you find your pilots!

11-16-2011, 01:45 PM

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Do you happen to have any friends/contacts who might be interested? Still no word from pilots of those aircrafts on our end.

I know Harrier, B-1, A-10, and lots of C130 guys. You might be better off posting this in the Military section of this forum.

If no luck, post again here and I'll try to help find some.

11-16-2011, 03:09 PM

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An active A-10 wing is based out of Fort Wayne Indiana, which isn't terribly far from Dayton, maybe 2-2.5hrs driving.

11-16-2011, 03:13 PM

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For Harrier guys just contact the PAO at MCAS Yuma. If you must do the interviews in Tucson, offer travel and accommodations paid.

Your problem isn't lack of people who flew/maintained many of these aircraft, it is finding them in the locations you are filming.

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