Open Cockpit in our P-47 Thunderbolt! No assembly required for you to get in and sit in the pilot's seat of this huge fighter bomber from World War II. Armed with eight .50 caliber machine guns and carrying rockets or a 2,500 pound bomb load. With it's armored cockpit, the Thunderbolt weighed up to eight tons. Built like a flying tank! Saturday December 21, 2019 from 10:30am - 12:30pm. Open Cockpit free with your regular admission. This footage from 1943 of P-47's arriving aboard the USS Block I

Imagine yourself sitting in the cockpit in what was called a tank of a fighter aircraft in World War II. Now come on in and actually get in the pilot's seat of our P-47 Thunderbolt for "Open Cockpit" this Saturday, January 18th from 10:30am - 12:30pm. Then watch another P-47 taxi out from our ramp to fly in front of you right down the runway following our 1:00pm program, "SHOT DOWN: True story of B-17 pilot Howard Snyder and crew". The P-47 Thunderbolt was armed with eight .50 caliber machine gu

Check out the cockpit of our P-47! Full video on our YouTube channel. | The Museum of Flight

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