Average Joe a Warbird Display Pilot?
Hi folks,
I've just watched another programme about the Duxford air show and wonder what kind of guys actually get into the lucky position to fly displays in P-51s, Spitfires and all the other smokin kinds of a/c.
The few guys who do that I've heard of (and the one guy I personally know) all have military backgrounds with 1000's of hours, and as I had an incredible portion of misfortune doing my medical at the AF, I will never get there (as I did not get the medical for FJ and found a flying career in mil airlift not sexy enough to discontinue my civil studies and to be cut out of my dad's will in consequence).
Is there a certain route a PPL can pursue in order to fly a Mustang one day anyway? Flying 100s or 1000s of hours on Chips and Harvards and accumulating a considerable amount of platinum credit cards was the plan I had made up. Any chances of getting into a WW2 fighter cockpit by doing so?