[Robe]

Narby has it right.....here in the southeast (cant give any better location right now) there
are numerous possibilities. for tourist rides , we have a D-Day oriented museums in
Fayetteville, Savanna and North Florida (I think) not to mention the D-Day museum in
New Orleans. If you set her up near by a known WWII attraction you may have a nice
chance of making it a go.
There're a bunch of 82nd and 101st Reenactors that would jump (pun) at the chance to
jump out of this bird, also there're constant demands from the movie/TV industry

[Robe]

Gotta go for now.. if anyone have any suggestions or an outline of a business/foundation plan. Jump on in

Be back in a bit..
ROBE

[narby]

A possible business plan might be to tour various airshows hopping rides. I got a ride in a Ford Trimotor (Bushmaster) at the Copperstate airshow a few years ago. Paid 50 bucks, or so for a 10 minute ride. There's another trimotor that must fly 50 sorties full of people at Oshkosh every year.

A good friend of mine is with some WWII re-enactors in Ca. I'm sure they'd love to mess with a 3', but there's probably no real money there.

The movie business is very lucrative, when you can get the work. The guy I worked for at Chino is a regular in that business. He was the aerial coordinator (boss) for the recent "Pearl Harbor" movie. There is a listing of aircraft that is maintained for producers to pick from. Movies might bring in a rare buck, but don't count on it.

The touring idea might work. But you'd have to find people who could handle the airplane on a full time basis all over the country. A couple of retired guys (which I'm not) might be the ticket.

Doing rides is NOT a part 135 operation. It's under part 91, so things like TBO's etc. don't apply. The only exception is drug testing for the pilots under part 135 rules.

[patton]

B 3/325 82nd ABD (11B2PLGMH) myself.

I want to fly it, and I want a jump. Not on the same flight.

Also SEL, since the seventies.

[Ed Straker]

Don't forget the museum in Warner Robins.

[gatorbait]

Let's look at the D Day Museum connection. I think it may be viable.
Let me know and we'll get rolling on it, what is the the worst we can be told? No?
Dave