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02-19-2009, 10:33 AM
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| Junior Member  Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Peoples Republic of Ann Arbor, MI
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| Any P-38 fans out there? What a great long distance aircraft - especially over water where that 2nd engine inspires confidence. I know from my private pilot days that I didn't like flying over large bodies of water in a single engine aircraft.     more photos can be seen at SmugMug Photo Sharing. Your photos look better here. |
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02-19-2009, 10:37 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jan 2008
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| again nice posts
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02-19-2009, 11:03 AM
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| Banned Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Pine Mountain Lake, California
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| I have always been a big fan of the P-38, ever since I began liking a/c; I never warmed up to the (IMHO) over-rated singles, like the P-51 & the P-47. The list of superlatives you can apply to the P-38 is quite long and, furthermore, this aircraft was already flying almost 2 years before the P-51 and the P-47. It was the only fighter a/c in production at the beginning of the War AND the end of the War; that says something about how good it was. I could go on and on, but I think you get the idea . . . . |
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02-19-2009, 11:07 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Orange County, CA
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| Ive seen three of them fly in the air at the same time!
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02-19-2009, 11:26 AM
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| Banned Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Plainwell, MI
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| Good shots of the P-38. That is a twin engined fighter that got it right! Bill G. |
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02-19-2009, 11:30 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Jersey Shore
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| Nice shots. My favorite fighter. Have yet to see one in the air though.  Only about seven airworthy Lightnings exist out of over 10,000 built. Maybe someday. TO
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02-19-2009, 11:51 AM
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| "World Traveller"   Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK
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  | Excellent shots!
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02-19-2009, 12:58 PM
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| "Shooter"   Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA
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 | Yep, Syscom and I both saw three in formation!   And two of them in tight.  But alas, last year there were only two at Chino: 
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02-19-2009, 01:50 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Zlin, Czech Republic
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| Yep, count with me!
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02-19-2009, 05:48 PM
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| Junior Member  Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Independence, MO
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|  A fan for sure I have been a p38 fan since my youth. I have seen one up close in Belton, MO at a place called Big Irons many years ago. Never realized how huge a plane it is. I have since seen one fly at an airshow a few years back at the Kansas City Downtown Airport. What a treat!! Love the Mustangs, T-bolts, etc., but have a sweet spot for the P38. The movie " A Guy Named Joe" has some great footage of some early P38's in flight and on the ground. |
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02-19-2009, 08:13 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
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| Just some pictures I took of some P-38's at two consecutive years during the Nellis Aviation Nation airshow. The second one is the P-38 that was trapped in ice and was fished out... pretty cool stuff  |
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02-19-2009, 11:04 PM
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| "Shooter" Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA
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| The one recovered from the ice is "Glacier Girl". It's featured in the flight of three in my shots. The Red Bull P-38 was Left Gardner's "White Lightning" before. Here is an older shot from back in the day when the CAF SoCal Wing had Jack Croul's Lightning in the hangar.
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02-21-2009, 10:09 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: May 2008 Location: Ventura County
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| Man, missed it by four years. My dad would've loved it. |
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02-21-2009, 11:05 AM
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| IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO  Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Colorado, USA
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| Hey Eric, you look at home in that cockpit!
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02-21-2009, 12:53 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Orange County, CA
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| Heres some of my P38 pics
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