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Old 09-03-2011, 11:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Burtonboy05 View Post
Wow that is a total rip off. We have wealthy farming family here in country Victoria (Australia) and the old man of the farm has a private collection of fighter planes in a massive shed, all of which fly. He offers joy flights in his P51D for about $650 for 30 mins flight time.

About two years ago it had landing gear failure and the 80 year old passenger not only got a joy flight but a perfect belly landing for his troubles. It can be found on youtube.

We also have a pair of CHinese WWII fighter trainers here in Adelaide that do 30 min flights for about $450. Not quite a P51 but still pretty cool.
Yeah I think two grand is a bit much. I would imagine a big chunk of it is for insurance. I'm guessing the Australian gentleman doesn't worry too much about that side of it.
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