By: David Burke - 31st January 2013 at 18:34
See here:http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=122190
By: JohnH - 17th March 2005 at 14:41
Interesting about the Merlins. I remember reading in Ray Wagner’s “Mustang Designer” that Edgar Schmued was so disappointed with having Allisons on the F-82 that he never bought another GM product again!
John
By: TEXANTOMCAT - 17th March 2005 at 13:38
thatd be great – first successful trip across the atlantic – would fulfill its mission 60 years later – yes please!!!!
By: fidgit1 - 17th March 2005 at 08:42
I have heard several rumours that “Glacier Girl” might be visiting the UK this year……
(Mind you, I heard the same rumours last year as well!)
Can anyone add anything definite to this?
By: BlueNoser352 - 16th March 2005 at 18:26
I think at one time on this great forum we talked about a project to put Merlin’s on a P-38. However the powers that be in Washington did not follow through with the project. I believe I have read in some books and here on this board that the Allison engines had problems in the cold weather in the ETO ? If the USAAF needed long rang escorts in numbers to protect the daylight Eighth Airforce raids, guess they tried and did not like the results of the P-38’s performance. Or needed it in the Pacific..I know I would feel so what safer over enemy territory with two engines and all that upfront fire power of the P-38. Hope that one day Duxford will have a flying P-38 on display!
BlueNoser352!
By: Will J - 16th March 2005 at 17:45
http://www.ezellaviation.com/Projects%20Sub/P-38.htm
Check here for regular updates on the restoration, the engines came off this week 🙂
By: DazDaMan - 16th March 2005 at 14:15
There was a thread about Lefty Gardner’s P-38 “White Lightnin'” being bought by Red Bull a while ago. Will be the closest we’ll get to having a P-38 gracing British skies, I imagine.
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