FYI, Glacier Girl is back at the Planes of Fame in Chino, CA, for some repairs and is expected to be there until the 17th, when the 475th Fighter Group is dedicating their P-38 Hangar.
If you don’t know her amazing story, read about it here on the P-38 Association website, and then stop by to [...]
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One of our newsletter readers sent us this little “find” on eBay — starting bids at $3,995.
It would be swell if they would donate it to our P-38 Museum instead!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/WW2-Lockeed-P-38-Lighting-Tail-Fin-Awesome-relic_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em14QQhashZitem255643959eQQitemZ160361059742QQptZMotorsQ5fAviationQ5fPartsQ5fGear
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We’ve received word that Glacier Girl has left Chino and is heading to Fallon, NV. Our understanding is that she will be viewable there until Friday, when she leaves for the Sacramento air show.
We don’t have the contact info there, and when I tried to reach Fallon’s website I received a security error — so [...]
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Warbird Depot is offering a monthly aviation calender which you can download free of cost to use as your computer’s desktop wallpaper. This month (May 09) happens to be the P-38.
It is Jack Croul’s P-38L, being flown by our friend Jeff Harris (with Brant Seghetti flying formation in Jack’s N.A. P-51D Mustang) at the 2008 “Wings over Wine [...]
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Just found some great cockpit photos taken at the recent P-38 event at the Planes of Fame in Chino. They were taken by “Larry” and are really worth a look. The cockpit exhibit was built by Lee Northrop of the 475th FG Historical Foundation (I think their website is under repair).
You can find them here [...]
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