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 ground school and flight training for B-25 type ratings (PIC and SIC) using their historic B-25 "Panchito."
- These training programs and orientation rides are crucial for funding the operation and preservation of the B-25 aircraft, which has a history as a trainer, fire bomber, and crop duster.
- SIC training requires 1.5 hours of flight and costs approximately 10% of the PIC rating, whereas the full PIC type rating involves about a week of training, 14 flight hours, and costs between $48,000 and $49,000.
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