AUGUST 1943, 2P-38 ATTACKS A HEAVY FORMATION OF ME109 OVER GERMANY, ROBIN OLDS GETS 3 KILLS. HE ACCOUNTED A TOTAL OF 13 GERMAN PLANES SHOT DOWN IN WW2 AND 4 MIGS IN VIETNAM.

This is a very interesting video clip of footage that I took in 2005 in the crystal-clear air at the Palm Springs Air Museum (Calif.). This condition is what is appropriately termed "severe clear." The clip starts with impressive engine startups of the Planes of Fame Museum's (Chino, Calif.) P-38J and.... more

ロッキードP38の飛行

This is a short clip of a P-38 lightning. The aircraft was heading out to do a photo shoot, but traffic meant that there was 30 minute wait, so they canceled it. I got what I wanted though: the distinctive sound of the turbocharged Allison engines. I do enjoy the sound of Merlins and non turbocharged engines but the.... more

Unpack, load batteries and fly. HA! Learn about cross winds, don't fly too low, turns mean sinking, learn how to load the batteries correctly, buy another battery charger, get power batteries...;-)

This is a video of the last few hours of preparation prior to the departure of the famous P-38F "Glacier Girl" from the Planes of Fame Museum in Chino, California on its historic flight to Duxford, England. Stephen Grey's newly built TF-51 "Miss Velma" is accompanying Glacier Girl on this historic.... more

Arrival and flight of Glacier Girl, the P-38 recovered from under almost 300 feet of ice in Greenland. First part of the video shows Glacier Girl, a P-40, a Hellcat, and a Corsair of the Planes of Fame sponsored 2003 Freedom Tour beating up the runway with low passes on arriving at Columbia, MO. on Friday evening. It.... more

Seregno P38 inseguito da P47

a F4U-1D, TF-51, and P-38 "glacier girl" all starting and taxiing at the Nellis AFB Air Show - Aviation Nation 2006

The Lockheed P-38 Lightning was a World War II American fighter aircraft. Developed to a United States Army Air Corps requirement, the P-38 had distinctive twin booms and a single, central nacelle containing the pilot and armament. The aircraft was used in a number of different roles, including dive bombing, level.... more