The tail gunner position in the Executive Sweet, a B-25B Mitchell bomber,

A view from the tail gunner position in the Executive Sweet, a B-25B Mitchell bomber, over the Verde Valley, west of Sedona, Arizona, coming into a landing from the Sedona Airport on March 30, 2013.

A view to starboard from the nose.

 Two passengers, one of whom was a WWII veteran pilot, the other a Vietnam veteran. A crew member in standing behind them. The plane is only a few feet wide.

The nose guns.

The crawlspace to the nose.

The midship crawlspace. The bomb bay is beneath it.

The passageway to the tailgunner.

The tailgunner's controls.

The tailgunner's view of Sedona

Pilot John Garlinger and two of my fellow passengers.

The tail

Starboard wing

A squadron of T-34 Mentor trainers flying in formation to land at the airport.

A view in flight out the side window of the Executive Sweet, a B-25 Mitchell bomber

The view inside and out of the starboard porthole of the Executive Sweet, a B-25B Mitchell bomber, over the Verde Valley, west of Sedona, Arizona, in a flight from the Sedona Airport on March 30, 2013.

The nose turret of the Executive Sweet, a B-25 Mitchell bomber above Sedona

The nose turret of the Executive Sweet, a B-25B Mitchell bomber, over the Village of Oak Creek, Arizona, shortly after takeoff from the Sedona Airport on March 30, 2013.

Takeoff aboard a B-25 bomber

Takeoff aboard the Executive Sweet, a B-25B Mitchell bomber, from the Sedona Airport on March 30, 2013.

Aboard a B-25B "Mtichell" bomber

The Executive Sweet, a 1944-built B-25B "Mitchell" bomber that flew into Sedona on Saturday, March 30.

The nose gunner position, a few thousand feet about the Village of Oak Creek. And yes, I played with the guns.

The tailgunner position.

The top turrent position.

Photo by Al Comello

Aboard the Exective Sweet, about ready to climb into the nose, accomplished by climbing belly first through the tunnel beneath the pilots.