This video is intended for close friends, family, and DIE HARD airplane geeks. The general public will be bored to death by this video. Fair warning ;)
You can use the times in the index below to jump to specific events. Video was shot with a combination of handheld HD camera and handheld iPhone. It was a little bumpy. 'nuff said ;)
Index:
Preflight checklist and right engine start - 0:05
Left engine start - 5:01
Taxi back and troubleshooting - 5:33
Abbreviated preflight and engine start - 10:29
Taxi out for take-off - 12:15
Take-off - video corrupted and unrecoverable, sorry =(
Airborne! - 15:26
Turning above Whidbey Island - 16:07
View out bubble window - 16:48
Approach to Paine for pass and 180 - 17:08
Downwind to final - 20:13
Final approach and landing - 21:35
Taxi back to parking - 24:03
I want to thank John Sessions and the Historic Flight Foundation (historicflight.org/hf/) for allowing me to ride along on their B-25 "Grumpy", it was the experience of a lifetime, and the most amazing airplane ride I've ever been on.