To see 5 of those gorgeous lightnings at the same time there are no words. My mother worked at waco army airfield during the war and I can see why the P-38 was her favorite!
Beautiful. these planes had two engines wich is harder to barrell roll than a single engine fighter and the double boomed tail made it harder to spin also. but they had thousands of kills and blew up and straffed the hell out of alot of grounds.. this plane is killer and a doll
I was very fortunate to see one of the great birds in an airshow in Tupelo Ms once. Unfortunatly, I was not able to see her on the ground, as I was engaged in other activities. But, she flew right over our heads at about 150 feet, (guessing) and I could not get enought of the sight of her. I wish I could get to fly in one someday, maybe!
I must have watched your video hundreds of times and I well up each and every time. What a beautiful and fitting tribute to the F-15 of its era. The 2-voice choir of those Allisons singing in unison is something that has to be experienced in person to be fully appreciated. And it made my heart soar to see Glacier Girl flying lead. Fabulous job and thank you for this vid. The 5 dislikes must have been Bf109 jocks.
Next April 6th 2013 at Chino planes of fame the P-38 will be featured -- this is an outstanding video of them. My mother worked swing shift at Lockheed in Burbank CA all thru WW2 as a Rosy the Riveter on the P-38.. she told me she worked in the fwd nacelle installing the machine guns and mounts. She said she met Kelly Johnson a number of times too. Towards the end of WW2 they switched her to the 4 engine Constellation construction.. She had a much memorabilia that has unfortunately been lost.
Words simply escape me. I'm not normally a big fan of most warbird music videos, but this one is perfect. The song of 2 Allisons X5 singing in unison is usually all the music these videos need, but yours is the exception. Beautiful. Thank you.
Epic! I believe this is the largest flight of Lightnings in over 50 years. On the way to the 2010 California Capitol Airshow. 23 Skidoo made an unscheduled stop due to mechanical issues and never made the airshow. But seeing the other 4 up close was an amazing treat!
Thanks for sharing the beauty of P-38 in flight through such beautiful scenary, with such beautiful music. Took me back many years in my imagination. You reallly made my day. I will save this and watch it again and again. Thanks for taking the time to make it and post it.
Possibly one on the best videos posted on CZcams. Bravo ! The choice of music was exactly right. You paced your scenes to match its mood and sense perfectly. The aerial photography is extraordinary. The five, climbing in trail at 2:30 positively raised the hair on my arms. What elegance and power. And to imagine 20 or 21 year olds actually flew them in combat.
Excellent, inspiring video. Hightlights>>At Start-Taxiout of "Glacier Girl", "Thoughts of Midnight" and "Ruff Stuff". At 0:40-Closeup of "Ruff Stuff". At 1:45-Closeup of silver "981 Honey Bunny". At 2:30-Trail formation. At 3:00-"23 Skidoo" from below. At 3:40-Five-ship pitchout. At 4:45-Closeup of "Thoughts of Midnight" and "Glacier Girl" in fingertip joined by "Honey Bunny" then "23 Skidoo". At 5:50-Four-ship pitchout at Mather Field. At 6:30-Taxi closeup of "Thoughts of Midnight".
I can just imagine the effect of this flight of vintage greatness passing overhead on people below, mowing their lawns or commuting on I-5. Hey, campcoburn, I hope you get your wish, buddy.
My mother maybe worked your Mother on the P-38 ,1944..mom was selected as one of the "Miss P-38" runner ups..her picture was taken in front of a radial engine and that photo was on the front page of the "Lockheed Star" news paper..she was also put on "Conney" project..I still have the copys of the paper and her original photos and her line badge...this video gets me crying ..but thats ok...I see Mom there with those Lightnings..God bless our Mom's of World War 2.
Very nice video of five P-38's. Video and music awe inspiring. Thanks for posting. Remembering Jeffrey Ethell (second from left at the beginning) who lost his life in a P-38 (the silver one I believe)...
Great to see all these P-38s together Next time hopefully shoot it with a stabilized camera mount and post it in 1080P. Then it would be truly beautiful!
Watched this video before but just found out that "Thoughts of Midnite", #120 used to belong to a friend of mine. It used to be "Der Gabelshwanz Teufel" when he owned it. Great video!!!
I nearly cried. Seven flyable! I didn't know. Last I'd heard, there were only three. May they never die! Beautiful music. I'd like to know what the musical pieces are as well. I'd also love to see another version of this video with the engine sounds instead of music. All the hairs on my arms stood on ends both times they did the breakaway maneuver. So lovely!
Ok, for EDMARTINTX, the airfield with the runways you asked about was Shafter-Minter-Field near Bakersfield....and forNoLongerFooled, we were heading to the old Mather Field in Sacramento for the CCA show and I was lucky enough to be flying in the back of a P-51 as 'escort'! Thanks for all the nice comments! Next time?? Oh dear......
May I also add...the music was majestic and perfectly relevant to the aircraft. Normally I hate people adding music since part of the enjoyment of these grand piston aircraft is hearing their own "music", but you sure did a nice job with the choice of representative music. Of all the aircraft I have flown...I wish the fork tailed devil was apart of that list.
It was a very fast plane, over 400 mph. It had a quick, steady, consistent rate of climb, initially and all the way to altitude, with both the props pushing the plane. The Allison engines had a strong supercharger in it. Zoom, get off the ground and in two minutes you're almost at ten thousand. It had the nose-out trajectory of shooting which meant no adjustments for deflection, and no angle of adjustment for convergence. It was just straight out of the windscreen; whatever the nose was pointed at, there would be shells landing. It was just plain fast, like a De Havilland Mosquito fast. Blazing fast. Most models 438 mph. It had to be flown in straight lines, and climb at a 45 to 60 degree angle, no steeper, yet it could at 400mph. It had 430+mph speed at sea level or treetop level, or at 37,000. The guns only took a single 1-second burst to obliterate a plane. It could destroy smaller warships. The cannon was surrounded by six .50 heavy machine guns, all clustered close to each other, and all the guns went off simultaneously. This plane had very, very good range on internal tanks. The pilot had excellent forward and rearward vision. It had a comfortable cockpit. It could carry a 3,000 pound bomb load and pull a loaded glider. It destroyed trains and aircraft hangars. This was a fantastic weather plane. The allies would use this plane to take strategic fine instruments and materials back and forth round trip to Sweden. Nothing could touch it as a photo intelligence plane (too fast). It was so stable on takeoff it, according to pilot testimony, "flew itself off the ground". It was a pleasure to manuever while taxiing due to the tricycle landing gear stance. They fixed the prop action to be counter-rotating props very early on. This plane could fly over the Alps, no problem. It was feared by the BF109 pilots in North Africa, for it's shocking acceleration and speed, and it's ability to keep climbing at a steady rate of speed, without delay or loss of speed in climb. There was no way those nazi pilots would dare go head-on against this plane due to it's nose armament. Very capable, useful, effective, role-playing aircraft, and it entered the air battles early in the war. This is why it was built and used all the way to 1945. The pilots loved this plane; loved to fly it and the way it handled and what it could do. This plane was truly a stand-out.
Sunshinyday The max speed of the later production P-38's was 417MPH, not 438MPH. The total number of machine guns in the nose is four, not six, and it was only built as a single seat fighter, but it was converted into a two seat night fighter, lead ship for level bombing, and radar equipped navigation, and adverse weather bombing aircraft. But, it never was used to transport vital supplies, and personnel to different locations. That's what the Mosquito did with the British Overseas Airways Corporation, during the war. Also, in northern Europe, the aircraft had engine reliability issues, because the V-1710's that powered it couldn't digest the British blend of Avgas, that we were using. So, you need to go, and recheck your facts.
John Osbourn Yes, you are correct; four .50 heavy machine guns and one 20mm cannon. The plane which had six HMG and one cannon was the Douglas A20. This plane had 438mph speed however, and the unarmed photo intelligence plane, many hundreds of pounds lighter, was faster than this. You can argue this with the historical experts, mass of literature, test pilots and testimonials of the pilots who flew it, which are the source of the facts.
@@johnosbourn4312 Incorrect. Those speeds are at Military power on 130 octane fuel. The correct top speed for the P-38J-25-LO, and P-38L-1-LO is 442 MPH, at WEP, engine settings of 74" manifold pressure and 3,000 RPM. The engines were actually capable of 80" of manifold pressure, and 3,200 RPM. The Army Air Corps validated those settings in a durability test. However, they refused to approve them for field use, so 74" @ 3,000 RPM is correct for WEP, in the field, as deployed. The lowest speed for that power setting is 442 MPH, the highest is 447 MPH. The 447 MPH speed is not fully documented by Lockheed or the Army Air Corps. The P-38K as tested at Wright-Patterson, by the Army Air Corps, to validate Lockheed ratings, is in excess of 450 MPH on a standard day. The P-38 G and H models exceeded 420 MPH in WEP with considerably less HP, 275 HP per engine, than was available in the J and L models. So, no, the J and L models were NOT slower. They were considerably faster. Some units did rig the late P-38 for the 80" manifold pressure and 3,200 RPM settings, it was not accepted or approved, but it was done on 150 octane fuel. This was all documented by noted aviation author and Lockheed engineer Warren Bodie.
@screeningroom There won't be a next time. Somethimes you have to go with what you have and live with it. Five P-38s were caught from the back seat of a P-51 trainer. It was catch-as-catch-can -- and seriously phenomenal. Sometimes that's better than the contrived -- with stabilized cameras and 1080P. In this case, it certainly was. You're right, though. It was great to see all these P-38s together.
So sad that Lefty Gardner's P-38 'White Lightnin', with its long heritage as an F-5G 'photo Joe' and a charter member of the Confederate/Commemortive Air Force here in the US is now headquartered in Austria as a flying billboard for Red Bull energy drinks, of all things. It was restored to a pristine pre-war style bare metal and is well-maintained, hitting the air shows in season throughout Europe. But it's doubtful it will ever see the USA again.
@campcoburn Where exactly was the factory? I live in LA now and I've tried doing some digging and haven't been able to find the address. I know the property has been sold, but I'd still love to drive by and just see where these were made. My grandfather was a crew chief for a p38 for the 94th fighter squadron over in N. Africa and Italy. Also, as for the flight, the place that offers a ride is Planes of Fame in Chino, CA. The cost for the p38 is about $1200 if I remember right.
ok, well the music is a blending of sorts of 4 songs....so no real soundtrack so to speak. The beginning is from HALO, Truth and Reconciliation which morphs into This Is Our Land(Epic scores Vol ??), then, I Still Have a Soul(Epic scores Vol??) and then, In a Moment of Greatness from the Excelsius soundtrack.........thanks again!
I LOVE THIS VIDEO! My favorite plane ×5. This is phenomenal. The best video of P-38s I've ever seen. Plus, the music is really good. I am curious, though, is there anyway you could upload the same video but with the original audio? I only ask because I would love to hear the sounds of 5 P-38s in formation.
Beautiful music, gorgeous aeroplane. Amazing production. Well done to who ever made it.
To see 5 of those gorgeous lightnings at the same time there are no words. My mother worked at waco army airfield during the war and I can see why the P-38 was her favorite!
One of the most beautiful airplanes of the history.God bless Usaf.
Back to watch, and comment on this video again. My favourite piece of warbird photography on youtube. Just incredible.
Beautiful. these planes had two engines wich is harder to barrell roll than a single engine fighter and the double boomed tail made it harder to spin also. but they had thousands of kills and blew up and straffed the hell out of alot of grounds.. this plane is killer and a doll
I was very fortunate to see one of the great birds in an airshow in Tupelo Ms once. Unfortunatly, I was not able to see her on the ground, as I was engaged in other activities. But, she flew right over our heads at about 150 feet, (guessing) and I could not get enought of the sight of her. I wish I could get to fly in one someday, maybe!
My airplane of choice, since 1997....Air Warrior, WarBirds. =ALW= reporting.
Some of the best aerial photography I have ever seen!! Cheers, G&K
I must have watched your video hundreds of times and I well up each and every time. What a beautiful and fitting tribute to the F-15 of its era. The 2-voice choir of those Allisons singing in unison is something that has to be experienced in person to be fully appreciated. And it made my heart soar to see Glacier Girl flying lead. Fabulous job and thank you for this vid. The 5 dislikes must have been Bf109 jocks.
Superb video. Johnson's masterpiece of engineering excellence.
I "LOVE"TOO"SEE"P-38'S"FLYING"IN"THE"SKY",,!...
I CRY WHEN I SEW THIS VIDEO',,
Real simple!! ABSOLUTELY WOW! Have loved the p38 since seeing my first one at Oshkosh in 73.
Next April 6th 2013 at Chino planes of fame the P-38 will be featured -- this is an outstanding video of them. My mother worked swing shift at Lockheed in Burbank CA all thru WW2 as a Rosy the Riveter on the P-38.. she told me she worked in the fwd nacelle installing the machine guns and mounts. She said she met Kelly Johnson a number of times too. Towards the end of WW2 they switched her to the 4 engine Constellation construction.. She had a much memorabilia that has unfortunately been lost.
Beautiful - such a graceful bird. Would have given anything to catch this live. Excellent job guys.
Words simply escape me. I'm not normally a big fan of most warbird music videos, but this one is perfect. The song of 2 Allisons X5 singing in unison is usually all the music these videos need, but yours is the exception. Beautiful. Thank you.
Epic! I believe this is the largest flight of Lightnings in over 50 years. On the way to the 2010 California Capitol Airshow. 23 Skidoo made an unscheduled stop due to mechanical issues and never made the airshow. But seeing the other 4 up close was an amazing treat!
Thanks for sharing the beauty of P-38 in flight through such beautiful scenary, with such beautiful music. Took me back many years in my imagination. You reallly made my day. I will save this and watch it again and again. Thanks for taking the time to make it and post it.
I had no idea there were that many flying P-38's left....AWESOME!!!
A loving, ❤💯LOVELY tribute! Thank You!
Possibly one on the best videos posted on CZcams. Bravo ! The choice of music was exactly right. You paced your scenes to match its mood and sense perfectly. The aerial photography is extraordinary. The five, climbing in trail at 2:30 positively raised the hair on my arms. What elegance and power. And to imagine 20 or 21 year olds actually flew them in combat.
Amazing. To see five P-38s flying in the sky - all together - it is beautiful.
Hope u get your wish on that!!!! Thanks for your dedication and hard work back then--it's folks like you that made a way for the rest of us!!!!
Thank You for posting this. My grandfather worked on these beauty planes during his time in the service of WW2.
Great video. Thanks. And great music to accompany the flight of the lightnings.
Wonderful warbirds. The p-38's my favorite W W 2 airplane.
I saw this group last year at Mather Field (2010). That was a very special gathering. Let's all hope we can see this historic convergence again!
Excellent, inspiring video. Hightlights>>At Start-Taxiout of "Glacier Girl", "Thoughts of Midnight" and "Ruff Stuff". At 0:40-Closeup of "Ruff Stuff". At 1:45-Closeup of silver "981 Honey Bunny". At 2:30-Trail formation. At 3:00-"23 Skidoo" from below. At 3:40-Five-ship pitchout. At 4:45-Closeup of "Thoughts of Midnight" and "Glacier Girl" in fingertip joined by "Honey Bunny" then "23 Skidoo". At 5:50-Four-ship pitchout at Mather Field. At 6:30-Taxi closeup of "Thoughts of Midnight".
I can just imagine the effect of this flight of vintage greatness passing overhead on people below, mowing their lawns or commuting on I-5. Hey, campcoburn, I hope you get your wish, buddy.
best tribute of the P-38 ever
really well done! dig the music and the videography. amazing to get this many 38's together again. great job...and thanks for posting it.
My grandfather worked the searchlights among other things in WW2 and says he owes his life to these planes.
My mother maybe worked your Mother on the P-38 ,1944..mom was selected as one of the "Miss P-38" runner ups..her picture was taken in front of a radial engine and that photo was on the front page of the "Lockheed Star" news paper..she was also put on "Conney" project..I still have the copys of the paper and her original photos and her line badge...this video gets me crying ..but thats ok...I see Mom there with those Lightnings..God bless our Mom's of World War 2.
Beautifully done video. My favorite plane.
Very nice video of five P-38's. Video and music awe inspiring. Thanks for posting. Remembering Jeffrey Ethell (second from left at the beginning) who lost his life in a P-38 (the silver one I believe)...
Great to see all these P-38s together
Next time hopefully shoot it with a stabilized camera mount and post it in 1080P.
Then it would be truly beautiful!
Beautiful video of some incredible planes. Enjoyed it!
wow! Not one P-38, but five!! Amazing! Thanks fore sharing! :)
Not before now do i understand how little i have seen of the Lockheed Lightning. It`s a sweet aeroplane!
positively beautiful, brought a keen smile to my face, thanks for this!
Beautiful. Thanks for posting.
Awesome just awesome. I have an Rc P-38 and I love it
Beautiful.
Beautiful. Truly an amazing video. Very well done.
I can't think of anything to out-trite what's already been said or any chest-thumping patriotism to add. Great vid.
Watched this video before but just found out that "Thoughts of Midnite", #120 used to belong to a friend of mine. It used to be "Der Gabelshwanz Teufel" when he owned it. Great video!!!
I nearly cried.
Seven flyable! I didn't know. Last I'd heard, there were only three. May they never die!
Beautiful music. I'd like to know what the musical pieces are as well.
I'd also love to see another version of this video with the engine sounds instead of music.
All the hairs on my arms stood on ends both times they did the breakaway maneuver. So lovely!
With this many 38's flying
they should make a film or something "The Head Hunters" , a WW2 top gun thingo.
THAT WOULD RULE
Awesome!!!!! ***** Haven't had a goose bump video in a long time!
Beautiful planes and I love the nose art on the one at the end. Wish I could have seen the others better.
Excellent stuff.
Campcoburn: May the LORD grant you your wish. I am praying he does. Thank you for your dedication.
Ok, for EDMARTINTX, the airfield with the runways you asked about was Shafter-Minter-Field near Bakersfield....and forNoLongerFooled, we were heading to the old Mather Field in Sacramento for the CCA show and I was lucky enough to be flying in the back of a P-51 as 'escort'! Thanks for all the nice comments! Next time?? Oh dear......
What a wonderful clip
This was really fun to watch...thanks for posting it.
May I also add...the music was majestic and perfectly relevant to the aircraft. Normally I hate people adding music since part of the enjoyment of these grand piston aircraft is hearing their own "music", but you sure did a nice job with the choice of representative music. Of all the aircraft I have flown...I wish the fork tailed devil was apart of that list.
Quelle belle vidéo avec ces magnifiques P38 "Merci CZcams"
Brilliant
WONDERFULL VIDEO!
Wow, 5 of the what, 9 remaining on the planet? Impressive, Very Impressive Indeed.
Wonderful !
MAGNIFICENT!!!!
this is the best video on CZcams. 2 cents deposited
I like how the frame rate aliasing makes the props look like they're turning so slowly - like the planes are barely even trying and still going fast.
Wow!! I'd Like to shake you'r hand Man! Respekt!! I'll Hope you'r dreams will come true!
to be handed one of these at the age of 19 or 20 would be a wild wild ride ..
and have cannons on your nose..WOW
Epic vid! Really makes u think!
It was a very fast plane, over 400 mph. It had a quick, steady, consistent rate of climb, initially and all the way to altitude, with both the props pushing the plane. The Allison engines had a strong supercharger in it. Zoom, get off the ground and in two minutes you're almost at ten thousand. It had the nose-out trajectory of shooting which meant no adjustments for deflection, and no angle of adjustment for convergence. It was just straight out of the windscreen; whatever the nose was pointed at, there would be shells landing. It was just plain fast, like a De Havilland Mosquito fast. Blazing fast. Most models 438 mph. It had to be flown in straight lines, and climb at a 45 to 60 degree angle, no steeper, yet it could at 400mph. It had 430+mph speed at sea level or treetop level, or at 37,000. The guns only took a single 1-second burst to obliterate a plane. It could destroy smaller warships. The cannon was surrounded by six .50 heavy machine guns, all clustered close to each other, and all the guns went off simultaneously. This plane had very, very good range on internal tanks. The pilot had excellent forward and rearward vision. It had a comfortable cockpit. It could carry a 3,000 pound bomb load and pull a loaded glider. It destroyed trains and aircraft hangars. This was a fantastic weather plane. The allies would use this plane to take strategic fine instruments and materials back and forth round trip to Sweden. Nothing could touch it as a photo intelligence plane (too fast). It was so stable on takeoff it, according to pilot testimony, "flew itself off the ground". It was a pleasure to manuever while taxiing due to the tricycle landing gear stance. They fixed the prop action to be counter-rotating props very early on. This plane could fly over the Alps, no problem. It was feared by the BF109 pilots in North Africa, for it's shocking acceleration and speed, and it's ability to keep climbing at a steady rate of speed, without delay or loss of speed in climb. There was no way those nazi pilots would dare go head-on against this plane due to it's nose armament.
Very capable, useful, effective, role-playing aircraft, and it entered the air battles early in the war. This is why it was built and used all the way to 1945. The pilots loved this plane; loved to fly it and the way it handled and what it could do. This plane was truly a stand-out.
Sunshinyday The max speed of the later production P-38's was 417MPH, not 438MPH. The total number of machine guns in the nose is four, not six, and it was only built as a single seat fighter, but it was converted into a two seat night fighter, lead ship for level bombing, and radar equipped navigation, and adverse weather bombing aircraft. But, it never was used to transport vital supplies, and personnel to different locations. That's what the Mosquito did with the British Overseas Airways Corporation, during the war. Also, in northern Europe, the aircraft had engine reliability issues, because the V-1710's that powered it couldn't digest the British blend of Avgas, that we were using. So, you need to go, and recheck your facts.
John Osbourn
Yes, you are correct; four
.50 heavy machine guns and one 20mm cannon.
The plane which had six HMG and one cannon was the Douglas A20.
This plane had 438mph speed however, and the unarmed photo intelligence plane, many hundreds of pounds lighter, was faster than this.
You can argue this with the historical experts, mass of literature, test pilots and testimonials of the pilots who flew it, which are the source of the facts.
Sunshinyday The P-38 never went as fast as you said, instead, the Max Speed of the "J", and "L" models is 414MPH.
@@johnosbourn4312
Incorrect. Those speeds are at Military power on 130 octane fuel.
The correct top speed for the P-38J-25-LO, and P-38L-1-LO is 442 MPH, at WEP, engine settings of 74" manifold pressure and 3,000 RPM.
The engines were actually capable of 80" of manifold pressure, and 3,200 RPM. The Army Air Corps validated those settings in a durability test. However, they refused to approve them for field use, so 74" @ 3,000 RPM is correct for WEP, in the field, as deployed. The lowest speed for that power setting is 442 MPH, the highest is 447 MPH. The 447 MPH speed is not fully documented by Lockheed or the Army Air Corps.
The P-38K as tested at Wright-Patterson, by the Army Air Corps, to validate Lockheed ratings, is in excess of 450 MPH on a standard day.
The P-38 G and H models exceeded 420 MPH in WEP with considerably less HP, 275 HP per engine, than was available in the J and L models. So, no, the J and L models were NOT slower. They were considerably faster.
Some units did rig the late P-38 for the 80" manifold pressure and 3,200 RPM settings, it was not accepted or approved, but it was done on 150 octane fuel.
This was all documented by noted aviation author and Lockheed engineer Warren Bodie.
This is a beautyfull video of de great airplane
congratulations.
sankitoelkiton
Smaaaaashing!! They should start building new P-38s for the Air Force! Who the frak needs F-22s and F-35s anyway. :D
All Hail the Devil Fork Tail
@screeningroom
There won't be a next time. Somethimes you have to go with what you have and live with it. Five P-38s were caught from the back seat of a P-51 trainer. It was catch-as-catch-can -- and seriously phenomenal.
Sometimes that's better than the contrived -- with stabilized cameras and 1080P. In this case, it certainly was.
You're right, though. It was great to see all these P-38s together.
good job Rob, bet its alot funner than those 402s and 680s we used to fly
Beauty plane. I've got one...but...scale 1/33.
Astounding. :-)
I think there are only 11 or so P38s still flying, so what you see there is about half of the world's remaining supply.
JPStrikesBack Actually, the exact number is seven. Six airworthy examples here in the states, and one in Austria.
Wow.. This was Fing Epic!! Made my Day, Thanks!!!
This was a very rare sight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Like very much !!!!!
someone need tomake a movie about the p-38 like pronto
The first piece of music appearing in the video is from Halo: Combat Evolved. I don't know about any of the rest.
So sad that Lefty Gardner's P-38 'White Lightnin', with its long heritage as an
F-5G 'photo Joe' and a charter member of the Confederate/Commemortive Air Force here in the US is now headquartered in Austria as a flying billboard for Red Bull energy drinks, of all things. It was restored to a pristine pre-war style bare metal and is well-maintained, hitting the air shows in season throughout Europe. But it's doubtful it will ever see the USA again.
I saw lefty fly at Norman ok in 1973 actually got to meet him years later in Enid and at midland , l. Consider this some of my greatest moments.
@MrDjvaughn So did I, especially sense they flew overhead within 5 miles of my house and didnt even know it. I obviously wasnt home that day.
@campcoburn Where exactly was the factory? I live in LA now and I've tried doing some digging and haven't been able to find the address. I know the property has been sold, but I'd still love to drive by and just see where these were made. My grandfather was a crew chief for a p38 for the 94th fighter squadron over in N. Africa and Italy. Also, as for the flight, the place that offers a ride is Planes of Fame in Chino, CA. The cost for the p38 is about $1200 if I remember right.
ok, well the music is a blending of sorts of 4 songs....so no real soundtrack so to speak. The beginning is from HALO, Truth and Reconciliation which morphs into This Is Our Land(Epic scores Vol ??), then, I Still Have a Soul(Epic scores Vol??) and then, In a Moment of Greatness from the Excelsius soundtrack.........thanks again!
2:23 I didn't realize that there 5 of these flying here in America
I LOVE THIS VIDEO! My favorite plane ×5. This is phenomenal. The best video of P-38s I've ever seen. Plus, the music is really good. I am curious, though, is there anyway you could upload the same video but with the original audio? I only ask because I would love to hear the sounds of 5 P-38s in formation.
The sound of the engines is far better than music but that said nice video and well done.
Beautiful!! And I second tubeyou2001: what is that soundtrack and where can I get it? :D
They should do a Bong/McGuire movie... but then again Hollywood would most likely embellish the shit out of it and ruin it.
What plane are they chasing at 2:29? Would be so cool if it was a FW-190.
Great, wheres Yamamoto?
I can't tell - are any of these two seaters?
Logix Federal Credit Union None of the flyable P-38's that exist, are two seaters, instead, they're single seaters, only.
when was this taken?
Why the music no music just engine's thats music to my ears
cut the music! I want to hear the engines!