Meanwhile join an online air combat simulator like Aces High. There you can virtually fly all the warbirds you like with surprising realism. Find out why the Corsair was called the 'Ensign Eliminator'. Even the virtual version bites fools. See the skies once again filled with Spitfires, Typhoons, FW190's and all. Take part in maximum effort raids, escort bombers or find out why the Luftwaffe feared attacking B17's. Or watch as a carrier task force puts up a wall of flak just like you've seen on the newsreels. Then try and fly through it. Of course there's also remarkable dogfights ore one on one duels.
I'm hooked already as you might have noticed. Sometimes it's incredibly immersive particularly as every other aircraft there is flown by another human and they want to add you to their scoresheet.
Give them a try, some offer free trial periods. One other thing in case you think it will be filled with expert teenagers. Remarkably the average age seems to be around the mid thirty mark most of whom know their stuff and argue endlessly on message boards about the comparative capabilities of the favourite aircraft