Poll: So should I take a ride in a p-51 or buy a new gun....?

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Posted: 10/22/2016 4:12:04 PM EDT

or I could just not spend the money....

Posted: 10/22/2016 4:15:02 PM EDT

[#1]

How often do you have the chance to fly in a Mustang?
How often do you have the chance to buy a gun?
How often do you have the chance to save?

Posted: 10/22/2016 4:15:33 PM EDT

[#2]

I can't think of another thing id rather do for fun than ride in a p51.

Posted: 10/22/2016 4:15:46 PM EDT

[#3]

Nobody is making any more Mustangs, and they keep crashing. Ride in the Mustang while you can.

Posted: 10/22/2016 4:16:44 PM EDT

[#4]

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Well, there's a compelling argument.

Posted: 10/22/2016 4:18:16 PM EDT

[#5]

When I was growing up my teachers would say there is no such thing as a stupid question.

My teachers were dumbasses.

Posted: 10/22/2016 4:18:24 PM EDT

[#6]

the mustang is a bucket list thing for me....i got guns...and i can't really take any of it with me...i vote plane

Posted: 10/22/2016 4:18:38 PM EDT

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Nobody is making any more Mustangs, and they keep crashing. Ride in the Mustang while you can.

Well, there's a compelling argument.

I'd save it, but I'm kinda cheap like that.

Cheers!
-JC

Posted: 10/22/2016 4:20:37 PM EDT

[#8]

Riding in a P51 won't get outlawed after/if Clinton is elected. I think that memories are more important than posessions, but if you think about it you can do both in due time.

Posted: 10/22/2016 4:23:21 PM EDT

[#9]

I'd buy a gun. But flying is not a real thrill for me. So, the $1,000+ for a 30 minute flight isn't worth it to me.

I am tempted to spend the $400 or so for a flight on a B-24 or B-17.

Posted: 10/22/2016 4:23:53 PM EDT

[#10]

The Mustang, of course.

But if I were paying that much for the ride I would want it to be in a P-51D so I could see everything going on around me, not sitting in the back of a B/C looking out the little port holes on the side.

Posted: 10/22/2016 4:26:27 PM EDT

[#11]

Mustang.

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Posted: 10/22/2016 4:27:17 PM EDT

[#12]

I wanted to do the Mustang but just couldn't spend the money. I went with the SNJ/Texan instead and loved every minute of it. Got to fly most of the time as well. DO IT!

Posted: 10/22/2016 4:30:53 PM EDT

[#13]

P51/B29/B17 rides etc. if you've never been before.

Unless you're one of those people who think only material items have value.

Posted: 10/22/2016 4:31:17 PM EDT

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Posted: 10/22/2016 4:33:03 PM EDT

[#15]

Experiences are worth a hell of a lot more than things.

Posted: 10/22/2016 4:37:10 PM EDT

[#16]

If I was younger, I'd choose the ride...but with several episodes of vertigo in the past, probably not a good idea.

Besides, they don't carry live rounds.

Posted: 10/22/2016 4:39:28 PM EDT

[#17]

P-51 first.

Posted: 10/22/2016 4:45:33 PM EDT

[#18]

I would take the P51 ride.

Posted: 10/22/2016 4:45:56 PM EDT

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Posted: 10/22/2016 4:46:41 PM EDT

[#20]

A mustang ride would be awesome, I have been around P51Ds and there are three questions to ask before you get into the rear seat:
1. On many P-51D, the pilot seat has to unlatch and tilt forward before you can exit? This means the pilot has to exit before you can get out. This is important after a crash.
2. Our P51D had a really uncomfortable canvas rear seat, very spartan gauges (I'm unsure I could land from the rear). Also my helmet hits the canopy back there.
3. The radiator is below the canvas jump seat, it gets really warm at low altitudes.

Posted: 10/22/2016 4:49:47 PM EDT

[#21]

I would do the P-51!

Posted: 10/22/2016 4:50:29 PM EDT

[#22]

P-51. How is this even a question?

Posted: 10/22/2016 4:54:21 PM EDT

[#23]

P-51. It's something you'll remember and cherish long after the fun and excitement of a new gun has long worn off.

Flying in a P-51 is on my bucket list. I flew in a AH-1 cobra a few years ago and it was worth every penny.

Posted: 10/22/2016 4:59:03 PM EDT

[#24]

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If you have a data plate and a Merlin plenty of people will build you a Mustang

Posted: 10/22/2016 5:01:14 PM EDT

[#25]

P51

Posted: 10/22/2016 5:02:20 PM EDT

[#26]

Poll's rigged OP, buy two guns.

Posted: 10/22/2016 5:20:55 PM EDT

[#27]

lolwut.

Hookers and blow.

Posted: 10/22/2016 5:26:05 PM EDT

[#28]

Mustang!

Posted: 10/22/2016 5:26:05 PM EDT

[#29]

My girlfriend is at that show. She just sent me a pic of the Mustang. Some bad ass art on those planes.

Posted: 10/22/2016 6:03:09 PM EDT

[#30]

Made a reservation for the TF-51D.....it has dual flight controls.

Posted: 10/22/2016 6:13:47 PM EDT

[#31]

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Post pictures or it didn't happen.

Posted: 10/22/2016 6:17:07 PM EDT

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Posted: 10/22/2016 6:25:19 PM EDT

[#33]

If you want to have a record of the flight, I suggest signing up for CloudAhoy. Download the app to your phone and start it when you get settled in the cockpit.

This is me getting ready for my check ride. https://www.cloudahoy.com/debrief/?key=dx13St37TCkg

Posted: 10/22/2016 6:51:34 PM EDT

[#34]

I flew Crazyhorse 2 for the hour. Best money I've ever spent.

Posted: 10/22/2016 6:55:18 PM EDT

[#35]

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Riding in a P51 won't get outlawed after/if Clinton is elected. I think that memories are more important than posessions, but if you think about it you can do both in due time.

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With my luck I'd get the Alzheimer's and forget all about it.

Posted: 10/22/2016 7:00:15 PM EDT

[#36]

I have plenty of guns, and the money would just get spent anyway.

But I'd remember a ride in a Mustang.

Posted: 10/22/2016 7:03:25 PM EDT

[#37]

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or I could just not spend the money....

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Guns will be here. Rides in a P51 will only get more rare. Take the ride.

It wasn't a P51, but $100 for two of us to take a ride in an open cockpit biplane was some of the best money I've ever spent.

Posted: 10/22/2016 9:53:31 PM EDT

[#38]

edit ...Not sure if this is the same plane, but it was WVANG also, except it's in color now.

Posted: 10/22/2016 9:59:02 PM EDT

[#39]

You have chosen - wisely.

I've flown in and actually flown a lot of vintage aircraft and all of those flights will remain in my memory as a treasure not to be forgotten.

Posted: 10/22/2016 10:04:40 PM EDT

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This is the one, except it's in color now.

http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii265/qbateaux/cftf-51d-2_zpsrh2ba0so.jpg

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Nice. Which one is it now?

Having ridden in and flow a P51 myself, I can truly say - you won't regret it.

Posted: 10/22/2016 10:05:18 PM EDT

[#41]

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I'd buy a gun. But flying is not a real thrill for me. So, the $1,000+ for a 30 minute flight isn't worth it to me.

I am tempted to spend the $400 or so for a flight on a B-24 or B-17.

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I thought the P-51 rides are more like $3300? I think that's for a full hour.
If I was in a position to pay for a Mustang ride and not have to worry about what else I might be needing that $3300 for I would.

OP did not say what sort of gun he wanted, that was equal in orice to the P-51 ride.

Posted: 10/22/2016 10:05:32 PM EDT

[#42]

I'd buy a gun.

Posted: 10/22/2016 10:07:36 PM EDT

[#43]

My dad and I rode in a B17, it was an amazing experience I would not trade for anything.

Ride in the P51.

Posted: 10/22/2016 10:08:21 PM EDT

[#44]

My dad has taken some flights on warbirds as part of his bucket list. The experience is far more rewarding than a material object like a firearm.

If you have the means, go for the ride.