Ummmmm,
Ya Know,
This is just my observation,
but,
First was the Lodestar,
Now the T-28,
Duuuuuuuuude,
You may have an addiction.
But, don’t despair.
There are plenty of self-help groups around.
And they can help fuel your addiction.
I’ll help get ya started........
.
You got a T-28 to do anything you want.
1. F-86 nose, paint on sharks teeth, that blows out six feet of burning propane, like a Fire-Breathing Dragon., with appropriate “Puff” artwork along the entire fuselage
2. Rear cockpit, mod into a gunner’s pit, Dauntless style.
3. Huge removable vert stab with a canvas rudder, to advertise upcoming airshows, where you sell your art, and the ad money helps pay for your gasoline.
And when the sickness really takes over.................
Mount the fuselage onto a mechanical bull platform. Platform mounts to your trailer, sell rides/pictures at airshows, and have the fuselage respond to inputs from the stick. Kids can have slight pitch/roll, and pilots can get a power-on, severe fuel imbalance, stall/spin experience. Helmets required, sick-sacs optional.
Then..................
Put propane firing machineguns (the Army uses them for training) in the nose, that are fired from the joystick. Charge $50 for 5 minutes of stick time at airshows. You’ll need to flesh out the safety precautions, and see if the idea is even insurable. I pitched a similar, well-developed idea to the CAF many years ago, but they never showed any interest. It was based on a fundraiser we did in the USAF, where we allowed civilians to shoot full-auto weapons loaded with blanks. We made around 10 times more money than other Squadrons, all selling overpriced hotdogs & beer. It was 95 degrees, 85% humidity and we had 100+ people standing in line. You’d be selling an experience, that will be the closest thing your audience will ever get, to actually flying a fighter and hearing the guns roar.
Jus tryin to help 
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I quite like the idea of a "roadable" T-28, but a "mechanical bull"-style sim would be an amazing attraction.
