[Dr. Thorne]

Oops. This is better.

[ReignOfError]

That’s a beautiful airframe, indeed. But if the two went head-to-head, I know which one I’d rather be in.

[okie01]

I remember seeing an old P-38 Lightning take off one foggy morning in 1946 from the Ponca City (OK) Municipal Airport (don't ask me what it was doing there).

Just taxiing to the end of the runway, it looked dangerous. Like a slithering cobra.

Then, when those Rolls-Royces wound up, there was a throaty buzz all around -- you could feel it inside you -- and, even at six, you knew the thing was truly deadly.

I'd love to have one.

[magslinger]

My Dad loved the Lightning. "When you saw one of those twin boomed beauties, you knew everything in the sky was American."

He was in tanks in the Pacific during WWII.

[knarf]

My favorite P38/GoreBULL warming story ... enjoy

[Rb ver. 2.0]

Aren’t those the beauties that shot down Tojo?