Any P-38 fans out there?

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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 . . . .
 
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
 
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.
 
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


 
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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Heres some of my P38 pics
 

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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.
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Cool stuff.. So evanglider, you ever come out to Vegas for the November air show?
 
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