Nothing is like the old WWII warbirds. Nuthin'.

The Collings Foundation owns four beautiful airplanes that they tour the U.S. with. The B-17 Flying Fortress called "Nine-O-Nine", B-24 Liberator called "Dragon & His Tail" (which isn't here this year - it's currently being repainted as a B-24 that was in the 8th Air Force, 467th Bomb Group, called "Witchcraft"), an F4U-5NL Corsair, and a B-25 Mitchell called "Tondelayo".

The B-17, B-25, and Corsair are all at my local airport at the moment (they've flown over our house a number of times today), they come here every year. Last March, we had the chance to fly in the "Tondelayo". It was my dad's birthday present for me, and probably the best I've ever gotten. The flight cost $300 per person (which is dirt cheap considering how much it costs to fly those things per hour) and lasted about thirty minutes - they took us out over the ocean too.

Here's a picture of the B-25 with us in it (we were sitting in the waist-gunners' positions):