Pacific Prowler at Doolittle reunion
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I saw them when they gathered in Urbana beforehand. Way, way cool. Worth crashing my motorcycle on the way back (which still isn't fixed).
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My first ride in the cockpit was a Mitchell at Kanehoe MCAS. Just me and the pilot for about :45 minutes. The USMC still had the B-25 in active service into the 1960s.
While he didn't talk about it much, my late F-I-L was the Capt of a -25 in WWII in anti-sub in the Carribean.
The B-25 is my favorite aircraft, even more than the F-4 Phantom or C-130 Herc.
In the 90s I arrived to KFAT Fresno just in time to mix it up with about 25 B-25s in the pattern. Enough to choke a guy up for these were carrying some of the original WWII pilots including some of the Doolittle boys.
Thanks, Dave.
While he didn't talk about it much, my late F-I-L was the Capt of a -25 in WWII in anti-sub in the Carribean.
The B-25 is my favorite aircraft, even more than the F-4 Phantom or C-130 Herc.
In the 90s I arrived to KFAT Fresno just in time to mix it up with about 25 B-25s in the pattern. Enough to choke a guy up for these were carrying some of the original WWII pilots including some of the Doolittle boys.
Thanks, Dave.
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Yellowbird
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I sprang for the scenic ride in Pacific PRowler a few years ago when I lived in New England. I put some videos of the flight up on YouTube, and they've got some of them listed on the sidebar. 
Dave Siciliano
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GMascelli
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Dave,
Great video's! Thanks for posting!
Nice to see Tom Duffy's "Take Off Time" out of Millville, NJ (KMIV) and the "Panchitto" out of Georgetown, Delaware (KGED).
What a rush seeing all those planes in the sky at once.....got chills just watching the video.
Great video's! Thanks for posting!
Nice to see Tom Duffy's "Take Off Time" out of Millville, NJ (KMIV) and the "Panchitto" out of Georgetown, Delaware (KGED).
What a rush seeing all those planes in the sky at once.....got chills just watching the video.
Steve
En-Route
I had the pleasure of meeting and visiting with the son of Richard Cole (Doolittle’s co-pilot) at a recent retirement ceremony of a mutual friend of ours at Eglin AFB. He said his dad is always getting free rides in B-25’s…imagine that!