Attn: Military Pilots
 

This question may sound a little odd, but my dad is turning 50 next month and it has always been his dream to fly in a fighter jet, so i was trying to find a way for him to do that as a birthday gift. Ive seen celebrities get escorted rides in jets and i know it is a huge liability for the military to take civilians on ride-alongs, but do you know of any programs that allows people to do this?? Any information you could give me on how to move forward in this would be great. Thanks!!

I don't think so. Celebs get special treatment...we don't.

You might want to google private jet rides or something...never know.

there should be private ones goin around...

there are is one in south afrika that i know of LOL... old restored MIG or missshersmith (damn it i donno how 2 spell them... LOL that german ones).... u get flights in them...

or come 2 aus LOL plenty of tiger moth flights haha

I know the blue angels do that for people....does he have an american express credit card?? they offer things like that as perks.

yeah ive seen the amex ads and the stuff in australia....i have an old teacher whos son was in the blue angels, ill have to give her a call

Let me know, I'm interested to see what you can get away with!

haha ok ill keep you posted...keep ur ear out for any other ideas...

I don't think they are jets, but there are a couple of companies offering mock dogfighting. You fly the plane (with a licensed pilot sitting next to you) and try to shoot the other guy down (they use a system like laser tag). If you hit them their plane starts smoking. If I recall correctly you get a video and everything. Not sure how much it costs though.

I'd love that too! It'd be cool to see what you can workout! Definatly keep us posted.

ive found a few of these dogfighting programs, the problem is that most of them arent anywhere near by (australia, CA, Nevada, Canada) and that theyre REALLY expensive (lowest ive seen is $1300) so basically im counting on my old teacher to come through for me, otherwise im gonna have to settle for lessons in a cessena twin or something


also, i live pretty close to dover AFB, its pretty big, but i dont know if they do anything like this there

call the russians. they need the cash. he could fly a mig-29 or su-27