Planes of Fame Air Museum, September 10, 2010
With only 8 airworthy Lightnings in the world, this gathering of five aircraft was a significant milestone. Not since WWII has this many flying P-38's been together in one place. The aircraft assembled at the Planes Of Fame Museum prior to departure to the Capital Airshow in Sacramento.
P-38L NX79123 "Ruff Stuff"
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P-38L "Ruff Stuff" framed in the twin tails of "Glacier Girl"
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P-38F NX17630 "Glacier Girl"
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Close up of the original armament
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Joe Yancey - an allison master refurbisher, inspects the starboard engine on P-38F "Glacier Girl"
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P-38L NL7723C "Honey Bunny"
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P-38L NL38TF "Thoughts of Midnite"
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"Glacier Girl" lines up alongside P-38J N29Q "23 Skidoo" and P-38L "Thoughts Of Midnite" on the Planes Of Fame flight line prior to departure to the Capital Airshow
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All five aircraft lined up for a historical event. "Glacier Girl" leads "23 Skidoo", "Thoughts of Midnite", "Honey Bunny, and "Ruff Stuff"
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Great shots Paul
Awesome pics. 8) Too bad they weren't all there!
Hey that nose art on Honey Bunny is new right? I don't have it on my pics at POF 2010
Quote from: Realbigtaco on September 15, 2010, 08:32:18 PM
Hey that nose art on Honey Bunny is new right? I don't have it on my pics at POF 2010
Yep, Done in the past few months.
Great stuff ;)