Our shop was just across the street from the Gwinnett County Airport. My partner had his planes parked there and so did his Dad. Once when the B17 was to be there, The Father's girlfriend bought him a ride on it for his birthday. This was prior to 1999 and the price was a whopping $500.
Once they got up in the air, they found that Larry was a pilot and they invited him to come up and take the controls. He flew the plane up into NC and back. They wouldn't let him land though. His name went into the logbook as having piloted the plane.