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Post by delaplume on Apr 3, 2019 22:19:49 GMT
Hello everyone, I've started this thread as a spin-off from another so as not to get to side-tracked.....Any contributions welcomed..... Here's it's story}--------- youtu.be/GXhOeqgbycQ |
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Post by suctionhose on Apr 7, 2019 2:34:30 GMT
If memory serves, Chuck Yeager flew them. He used one to top a tree at somebody's house once....
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Post by Jim on Apr 7, 2019 12:53:52 GMT
I remember seeing a P38 Lightning over Sydney Harbour during the war doing what Lightnings did well, climbing almost vertically. I can still see it in my mind's eye. A shiny silver plane with its twin tail booms going up and up and up against a very blue sky.
Jim.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2019 14:10:50 GMT
I've seen one flying...years ago now might have been the one that crashed at Duxford some years back?
Pete
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Post by delaplume on Apr 7, 2019 15:55:29 GMT
Wasn't it a P38 that was found in the ice in the North Pole ??............It was retrieved and fully restored to flying condition....
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Post by don9f on Apr 7, 2019 17:31:33 GMT
Yes it was....although I think it was Greenland. I watched this on TV several years ago and believe It was part of a flight of P38’s including at least one B17 that had landed for refuelling but can’t remember why they never took off again. It was a remarkable venture by a wealthy enthusiast and involved “drilling” down a long way through the ice using high pressure hot water, excavating a cavern around the plane, dismantling it and bringing the bits back up the shaft. I recall it then took 10 years to restore it but it successfully flew again!
Cheers Don
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Post by delaplume on Apr 7, 2019 19:25:07 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2019 19:57:35 GMT
Reminds me of the poor B29 with a similar story although after the recovery team had got it ready for it's first flight after decades away from it's solitary landing grounds it caught fire and burned to the grou nd....very sad for the team. They had put a lot of work into getting the bomber ready for flight. Including removing it's 4 engines and flying them out to be rebuilt and returned and refitted ready to fly what was WW2's largest bomber home...
Pete
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Post by JonL on Apr 8, 2019 20:33:59 GMT
Reminds me of the poor B29 with a similar story although after the recovery team had got it ready for it's first flight after decades away from it's solitary landing grounds it caught fire and burned to the grou nd....very sad for the team. They had put a lot of work into getting the bomber ready for flight. Including removing it's 4 engines and flying them out to be rebuilt and returned and refitted ready to fly what was WW2's largest bomber home... Pete I saw the same story, I think they were in such a rush to get it airworthy there were a lot of corners cut. |
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Post by delaplume on Apr 8, 2019 22:36:41 GMT
Yes, it was a lashed-up fuel tank in the rear of the aircraft that leaked petrol then caught fire...........The plane was a total wreck.. Here's the Wiki}-------- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kee_Bird |
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