zeitgeist57 Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 This weekend, the wifey and I went down to Naples. She is still a board member for a foundation that had their annual gala, which was a blast. Among the silent/live auction items that were won that night was a ride in an L-39 trainer jet by a friend of the foundation (retired fighter pilot and plane collector). It would be a no-tricks-barred 45min flight over open airspace above the Everglades. It also came with a 2day/1night resort stay for two in Boca Raton (near where the L-39 would take off from) I bid three times and got outbid... Can anyone give me an idea of what the value for something like this might be? I never asked anyone after the festivities were over... EDIT: Plane is like this one... http://www.warbirdalley.com/images/L39ZO-3.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oh8sti Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 10k-15k i imagine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrs.cos Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 I would even imagine more than that.. maybe 20K? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macpyro2 Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 http://www.incredible-adventures.com/hollywood-top-gun.html $3000 and they make a sweet top gun style video... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evan9381 Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 more than you can afford pal...ferrari. *vroom* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XChris1632X Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 Join the maintenance crew at my base and you get put in for an incentive ride in an f-16 for doing nothing. For everyone else it seems like we have to save a life to get put up for one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug1647545489 Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 idk, 3-5k tops I'd think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeitgeist57 Posted February 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 Well...with the Boca resort overnight, it went for $1,200 at auction. I stopped at a grand... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg1647545532 Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 Join the maintenance crew at my base and you get put in for an incentive ride in an f-16 for doing nothing. For everyone else it seems like we have to save a life to get put up for one. I got a T-38 ride for knowing the right people and asking nicely. As I went through the whole orientation thing, people kept asking, "So, what'd you do to get this incentive flight?" "Dunno, I asked." Nobody believed me. I later found out it's exactly as you described... you either need to be a maintainer or jesus. No idea what it would cost a civilian. The fuel alone for a 45 minute flight is probably a grand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmy43016 Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 Thats sweet...i wanna fly. Better start saving some pennies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowgli1647545497 Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 The fuel alone for a 45 minute flight is probably a grand.Easily. At Pennsecola and Corpus they kept drilling into us how much our training flights were costing the taxpayer. I lol'd Personally, prop flights are more exciting than the jets. You just tend to get more... visceral experience... intruding into the cockpit from the mechanics. I popped more chubbies in the T34 than I did in the T38. Sound noise vibration all of it. Jets are very smooth by comparison. ...well except for my old ass Prowler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg1647545532 Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 Yeah, people were telling me the T-6 was in many ways more fun than the T-38, but I figured the latter was more of a once-in-a-lifetime shot. It was very different than I expected, and the thrill was definitely more of "holy shit" rather than a "stupid grin on face". I imagine it'd be like the difference between getting a ride in a top fuel dragster versus a good driver taking you out for a few laps in an Atom. (And yes, I know the T-38 is a baby plane, don't take this away from me ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bahd-ler Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 http://www.incredible-adventures.com/hollywood-top-gun.html $3000 and they make a sweet top gun style video... I don't want to make a flipping movie, I wanna ride in a jet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macpyro2 Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 I don't want to make a flipping movie, I wanna ride in a jet. Dennis they make a movie of you riding in an actual jet you ignorant fuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bahd-ler Posted February 23, 2010 Report Share Posted February 23, 2010 Dennis they make a movie of you riding in an actual jet you ignorant fuck. haha, I know and I don't want to make a movie, if I did I do amateur porn. I don't want to be Tom Cruise, I wanna be this guy: http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s28/d19sevent2/art6b.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
944s2 Posted February 23, 2010 Report Share Posted February 23, 2010 Yeah that has always been a dream for me.... Ride with the Blue Angels..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nurkvinny Posted February 23, 2010 Report Share Posted February 23, 2010 I'd guess $5000 to $6000 would have bough it. But, really, who knows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oreo Posted February 23, 2010 Report Share Posted February 23, 2010 that'd be sweet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Karacho1647545492 Posted February 23, 2010 Report Share Posted February 23, 2010 my dad did this: http://www.aircombatusa.com/ He had a blast, and he only did the most basic 2-3hr one. But you actually get to pilot the thing and dogfight while sitting side-by-side with an instructor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bahd-ler Posted February 23, 2010 Report Share Posted February 23, 2010 Yeah that has always been a dream for me.... Ride with the Blue Angels..... I thinks thats the only wish that out beats a ride in a top fuel car. Either way its a feeling I cannot even fathom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
944s2 Posted February 23, 2010 Report Share Posted February 23, 2010 I thinks thats the only wish that out beats a ride in a top fuel car. Either way its a feeling I cannot even fathom. Oh yeah and you can get close to top fuel at Cedar Point lol.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putty Posted February 23, 2010 Report Share Posted February 23, 2010 I'd pay 10K for a 20 min ride in an F-22...just hope I wouldn't pass out and miss the whole thing...lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bahd-ler Posted February 23, 2010 Report Share Posted February 23, 2010 Oh yeah and you can get close to top fuel at Cedar Point lol.... no cigar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cptn janks Posted February 23, 2010 Report Share Posted February 23, 2010 Oh yeah and you can get close to top fuel at Cedar Point lol.... there was just a thing in car and driver about that. they said its similar to acceleration of a veyron. gotta think, the ride lasts about 30 total and hits maybe 120 mph or whatever... the ride in a top fuel car is like 4 seconds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
944s2 Posted February 24, 2010 Report Share Posted February 24, 2010 there was just a thing in car and driver about that. they said its similar to acceleration of a veyron. gotta think, the ride lasts about 30 total and hits maybe 120 mph or whatever... the ride in a top fuel car is like 4 seconds. No way its similar to a Veyron... That car may do 0-60 in 4 secs but not to 120. You hit 120 in 3.9 sec's..... the rest of the ride is just up a hill lol. But seriously I would much rather have the Jet bar none. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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