To: okie01
" My vote would be the P-38. But I don't believe there are any "in the air" anymore..."
Ah yes. My first childhood sweetheart. That will always be one of the sweetest planes around. Although these F/A 22 pix are pretty sexy too. Gotta hand it to the guys that fly them.
27 posted on
01/08/2005 6:09:03 PM PST by
blogbat
(Blogbat: ein Fahrgeschäft durch die Weltnachrichten)
To: blogbat
P-38 was great but it was like driving a milk truck compared to the Spitfire.
90 posted on
01/08/2005 7:49:00 PM PST by
johnb838
(To Hell They Will Go. Killmore.)
To: blogbat
" My vote would be the P-38. But I don't believe there are any "in the air" anymore..."
The P38 had a problem with high altitude in cold climates which is why it wasn't used much in Germany. Carburator froze. Fact. Look it up. That said, it was a great plane against the Japanese in WWII, but a little slow for today I would think.
132 posted on
01/08/2005 10:09:19 PM PST by
calex59
To: blogbat
P-38s - there is still at least one flying. It's got a web site somewhere (I don't recall where). It was dug out of the Greenland icecap and restored a few years back.
146 posted on
01/09/2005 7:20:19 AM PST by
DuncanWaring
(...and Freedom tastes of Reality)
To: blogbat
F104 Starfighter from Lockheed's Kelly Johnson. Best looking jet fighter ever made.
177 posted on
01/10/2005 7:34:43 PM PST by
Atchafalaya
(When you're there, thats the best!)
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