B17 is well worth the cost, I booked before i left as it was a bit cheaper and as it turned out all booked out for the week when i arrived. Appleton is only a 30 minute drive north would not have been gone for more than 2 hrs maybe. great experience and you get a good idea just how big Airventure is when you fly over the site. HUGE. Be carefull standing in the line, They tease you no end to ride the P51 around 1500 bucks, the B29 has been available as well for the past two years. 1200 bucks for the ride in the nose. Tri Motor around 70$. Save up and try to fly in everything as you just can't experience any of those aircraft here. Well maybe the P51 but not the way they fly them. yehaaaa.