That's Glacier Girl! They pulled it out of a glacier in the late '90s in Greenland. It was on a ferry mission to England with 4 other P-38s and two B-17s and they had difficulty and ditched in Greenland. Some rich lads went up there on loads of excursions to find them, they found a B-17 crushed and they gave up but then went back after being told the P-38 being smaller would withstand the extreme pressures of being buried. And it did, and there it is...flight worthy!
You can read all about the recovery and restoration on their website. It is really kind of interesting. The B-17 was really tempting, and so is another P-38 I think they could go get.
Hey, if it would cost 10 mil. to restore a that P-38 that was found on the island, how much would it cost for one of the B-17's that crashed there (still repairable, of course) to restore her?
Ive been to see Glacier Girl a couple times, its currently in Middlesboro Ky which is about an hour or so from me. They have a pretty nice hangar setup with a movie plus tons of memorabilia. One of my favorite things was the giant water heated plumb bob used to melt through the ice down to the aircraft. They also have most of the original aircraft parts available on display. Pretty fun trip, plus I think its mandatory that everyone eats at KFC after coming through the Cumberland Gap tunnel!
Hey, if it would cost 10 mil. to restore a that P-38 that was found on the island, how much would it cost for one of the B-17's that crashed there (still repairable, of course) to restore her?
It was kinda funny, my mouse locked up mid-scroll and all I could see was P-40! I almost crapped, puked, screamed and had a heart attack all at the same time, then I realised......
You almost killed me, you b*stard!, that wasn't funny at all!!