Nearly everyone who attends an airshow or has visited an aviation museum has probably envisioned themselves waving to people on the side of the taxiway from the cockpit of one of the airplanes they’ve seen. Some lean toward the North American B-25 “Mitchell” bomber, made famous by General Jimmy Doolittle and his band of 16 B-25s that took off from the aircraft carrier Hornet in April 1942. These pilots will be intrigued by the chance to climb the tiny ladder sticking out beneath the cockpit of an airplane like Panchito, a Mitchell owned and operated by the Delaware Aviation Museum Foundation in Georgetown, Delaware.
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Key Takeaways:
- The Delaware Aviation Museum Foundation offers FAA-approved B-25 ground school and flight training for Second In Command (SIC) and Pilot In Command (PIC) ratings, primarily to fund the operation of their B-25 "Panchito."
- SIC training involves 1.5 hours of flight and costs roughly 10% of the PIC rating, which requires about a week of training, 14 hours of flight time, and costs approximately $48,000-$49,000.
- The museum's B-25, "Panchito," built in 1944, has a diverse history of service including military training, firebombing, and crop dusting before its restoration and acquisition by the foundation.
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