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Gauntlet Warbirds – Aurora Municipal Airport

Extra 300L airplane ride or T-6 airplane ride

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Highlights

  • Flight in a T-6 or a trick plane
  • Pilot the craft yourself or leave it to a certified instructor
  • Photo op with your warbird

The Fine Print

  • Expires May 1, 2012
  • Limit 1 per person, may buy 2 additional as gifts. Limit 1 per visit. Valid only for option purchased. 36hr cancellation notice required or fee up to Groupon value may apply. Must be 18 or older. 260lb weight max. Max height is 6'2'' for 300L. Must sign waiver.
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With pterodactyl hang-gliding fading in popularity over the last 65 million years, humans have had to turn to other forms of flight to satisfy aerial urges. Take to the skies with today's Groupon to Gauntlet Warbirds in Sugar Grove. Choose between the following options:

  • For $234, you get a 40-Minute Extra 300L airplane ride (a $390 value).
  • For $294, you get a 40-Minute T-6 airplane ride (a $490 value).

Passengers of Gauntlet Warbirds stroll the sidewalks of the stratosphere in their choice of aircraft, skimming the clouds high above the skyscrapers of downtown Chicago. Pull off barrel rolls at a rate of 360 degrees per second in the Extra 300L, a certified aerobatic plane, or strap into the cockpit of the World War II training craft T-6 and perform military-style maneuvers. Before you venture off into the wild blue yonder, one of Gauntlet Warbirds' experienced instructor pilots sits down with you to discuss and design an ideal 40-minute flight, complete with however many wingovers, tailslides, torque rolls, snap rolls, and maki rolls you prefer. After strapping on flight gear and taking to the sky, amateur aerialists can either let the instructor pilot the plane or grab the controls themselves, steering the bird under the instructor's tutelage. Once the plane has returned to terra firma, customers can snap photos with the aircraft while wearing their flight gear. Riders can also purchase a video of their ride ($60, not included in this Groupon) as proof of their victory over a bald eagle in a midair wing-wrestling match

Gauntlet Warbirds

The T-6 Texan isn't like most of the airplanes you see on the runway. For starters, it only has two seats. Then there’s the US Military aircraft crest stamped on the side of its mustard-yellow frame—a reminder of the warplane's years of service, from the 1930s to the '50s, when it carried three 30-caliber machine guns and a 400-pound bomb-load. A 1944 T-6 Texan is part of the fleet of fliers at Gauntlet Warbirds, a flight-instruction center that specializes in warplanes and aerobatic aircraft.

Chief pilot Greg Morris has been flying for more than 15 years and teaching for 10. He has a degree in aerospace engineering from USC and was awarded Master CFI-Aerobatic by the National Association of Flight Instructors. He continues to teach the T-6 to aspiring Air Force test pilots and flight-test engineers at test-pilot school as part of the Qualitative Evaulation program. Morris and his team of seasoned instructors copilot joyrides and offer training programs for mastering each aircraft in their fleet, which, in addition to the aforementioned T-6 Texan, includes the 1942 Boeing N2S Stearman, the L-39 Eastern block military jet, as well as aerobatic stunt planes such as the Yak-52, Extra 300L, Bellanca Decathlon, and Super Decathlon, all of which credit their thrill-seeking ways to strict upbringings.

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