A few years ago got the opportunity to buy a ride on a B-25. What a thrill! The look of the plane, feel, smell and the sound. Wish I could do it every day.
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I saw a restored B25 at an air show many years back. I was amazed how loud the engines were when they fired that baby up. I can only imagine what it would be like inside the aircraft.
In one of the History Channel shows they had a pilot who owned a restored or maybe just carefully taken care of, B-25.
They marked out the same distance on an airfield which they had done at Eglin Field. He revved the engines and gave it his best try. He could not do it.
To explain he mentioned that Doolittle’s raiders had 115 octane gasoline. That is the first time I had ever heard of gas with such a high octane. Still it makes you appreciate what those guys did way back then.