Warbird Flying - What does it take?
Hi, I'm basically interested in what it takes to start flying warbirds. Firstly my situation is that I wish to, and it's now looking rather likely, join the RAF as a pilot and for arguments sake lets assume the I wind up on fast jets because if I don't I doubt anyone will trust I have the ability to give me a WWII fighter to play with.
So on top of this what other experience do I need to get to, lets say, fly a Spitfire as I very much doubt I'll ever have a million pounds to play with. I presume a lot of tail dragger experience is necessary but how many hours, on what type and at what cost? Also where in the UK offers this type of training, or even the US, etc?
Secondly and I realise this is looking many moons into the future if I did build up tail dragger time on say tiger moths, harvards, etc and had say 1000hrs+ fast jet from the RAF who do you approach to teach you to fly a spitfire?
If this is more suited to another forum please say and just for the record it's really the WWII pistons that I'm interested in and not jets as hopefully that'll be the day job.
Many thanks for any responses.