SaukValley Sam, SASS # 66557 Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 http://www.military.com/video/military-aircraft-operations/flight/red-bull-p38-corsair-display-2013/2451103845001/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Two whiny inlines and one big, noisy, clanky, smoky round engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uno Mas SASS #80082 Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Gawd, that Lightening is a gorgeous bird. And the Corsair is just brutal. Thanks, Sam! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadeye Doug Dalton SASS#65449L Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Nice ride. Those are two of my favorite War Birds. Thanks Sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Gawd, that Lightening is a gorgeous bird. And the Corsair is just brutal. Thanks, Sam! And that's the beauty of it! Second only to the Jug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Bullweed Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 I visited central Wisconsin last summer to buy a '56 Fairlane and ended up in Oshkosh for the Annual Fly-In. I have been to about two dozen airshows but this was my first with a P-38 in the air. There was a Spitfire D and a P-39 Aircobra in the air at the same time. What a difference the Lightning made! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Whistling death! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sabre Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 My Dad was a WWII pilot, told of watching a P-38 land at Randolph and talking to the young 1Lt who brought it in. Dad says "What's t like to fly?" Lt says, "Sir, it's like puttin' an Allison under each arm and a feather up yer a$$!" Ar ar, pilot humor. Worth a warning point, I guess. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 As a former pilot, I'd prefer to be looking over the nose of a P-38 on landing than a Corsair! And the Corsair with it's big radial and huge prop was prone to doing a torque roll if mishandled. Two of the coolest birds ever... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mean Matt McCord, SASS #24683 Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 OUTSTANDING! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 AHHHHH!! The Forked Tailed Devil!! I'd never seen it next to another WWII fighter. With only bombers to compare it to, I was under the impression it was bigger!! It IS a gracefull looking airframe!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Two of my favorites also! I have been a fan of the P-38 since I was a kid and two flew over my house at low level on their way to an airshow. The sound was incredible. A few years ago I saw a Corsair fly over my house- I heard it and scrambled outside to see. It was being escorted by a Cessna, and the size difference between the two was very surprising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Flimshaw Sass# 73310 Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 This p-38 used to be owned by Lefty Gardner and was known as White lightnin', very familiar on the racing and airshow circuit in the 70,s and 80's. Had an inflight engine failure and made a forced lndg. was then sold to red bull and restored......Doc http://p38whitelightnin.com/accident/images/pages.php Was originally purchased after the war for $1250.00, worth a little more now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Flimshaw Sass# 73310 Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 A more flattering picture http://www.warbirdregistry.org/p38registry/p38-4453254.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uno Mas SASS #80082 Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Honey, why do you keep staring at the toolbox? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Throw in a B-25 and it's as good as it gets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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