Lockheed Lightning by bmac62
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...returning briefly to my photography roots which are really in the rich soil of aviation.
...from what my English friend Rob likes to call the Grand Tour...this WWII fighter is at the National US Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio.
...This aircraft is a P-38L but painted as a P-38J with the 55th Fighter Squadron based in England.
...Fact Sheet: for those who would like a wee bit more info.
Bill
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Comments (29)
durleybeachbum
It's got a very cheeky face..
fallen21
Awesome capture.
debbielove
Ah! The Grand Tour! lol Good times indeed... And tiring lol The highlight of the tour was this massive (and thats an understatement!) museum.. 2 days was not enough and we rushed.. lol Excellent shot of one of many beauties held within! Good one, thanks Bill.. Rob
jayfar
A really nice shot Bill.
sharky_
Excellent shot of this aircraft. Aloha
jendellas
Their noses reminds me of something you would see in a Disney animation movie, they could do a plane one :o)
flavia49
splendid shot
T.Rex
Oh, wow and cool! A real live Lightning! I've just checked the fact sheet - it was a fast one with long range. Not to mention maneuvrability. Although the split tail isn't visible here, the photo still gives the impression of speed and power - two engines on wings and, oh yes, a small part for cockpit with pilot. The streamlining is quite evident here, too. Keep up the good work! :-)
awjay
reminds of the plastic model kit i made once
bobrgallegos
Great capture of this awesome old war plane!!
bazza
Super shot Bill this old bird looks fabulous, well done!!
auntietk
I can't believe they painted it as a P-38J. What nerve! :P
helanker
Must admit it looks beautiful. !! :) Superb shot.
Osper
Nice shot! Saw one of these one day while boring holes in the sky above McMinnville Or. Saw it coming and it looked strange then the pilot pulled up and flew a 360 degree around me! I was hooked on them!
neiwil
The 'Fork Tail Devil' itself.Now I like this very much! and very appropriate ;-) This really is one of those 'looks fast, even standing still' aircraft.Although carrier borne aircraft carried the fight, for me, this and the B-29 are the icons of the Pacific war. (LoL @ Tara, she'll be in the hangar straightening pitot tubes next :-)
Blush
Great image Hugs Susan~
sandra46
GREAT CAPTURE
MrsRatbag
It looks so CLEAN! Almost like it might be just a model....it isn't a tiny one and you're not pulling our collective legs, right? LOL! Great POV, Bill!
goodoleboy
Excellent POV of my favorite WWII fighter/interceptor, Bill. The clarity, detail and paint job on this beauty is outstanding, but the 20mm cannon is barely perceptible.
RodS
Ah, a real beauty, Bill! I love the P38 - it's right up there with the Mustang! There's just something about that twin-tail style I like... I just love the P61 Black Widows, too. This is superb - both the airplane and your photo of it!
jocko500
wonderful shot of history
cfulton
This must have been a pleasure to fly, a brilliant design. Well done on separating it from the background, Clive
X-PaX
Nice capture.
tennesseecowgirl
Its a beauty!
Chipka
I'm reading a brilliant novel by William Gibson, right now...I'm nearly finished with it. It's the third in a trilogy. William Gibson has decided to write mainstream (sort of) fiction as if it's science fiction, and so he's focusing on the world of today, as if he's made all of it up. What's interesting, though--and where this comment is going, is in a reference to the third book in the trilogy: Zero History. There's a scene where the semi-main characters have to paint a spy balloon disguised as a mylar penguin so that it doesn't look like a penguin-shaped spy balloon, so they apply high-tech camouflage paint (basically spray paint, but in splotchy patterns that don't disguise the spy-penguin so much as makes it impossible to see it as a single object.) I thought of that when I read that they had the nerve to actually paint this P-38L to look like a P-38J; I mean, what's next? Making the pilots wear pilot-gear painted in a wonderful shade of Klein blue so that they can't be accurately photographed by digital cameras? Now that I think of it, that's a pretty cool idea, and now I'm wondering what'll happen if you paint one of these beauties a nice shade of Klein blue...would that then make it a digital spy aircraft as no digital camera will every get that color right? I mean, you could paint its registry number in that shade and you'd have to use an old fashioned analog camera in order to actually record it. Cool! I like it when an image makes my mind wander, especially when it's a humdinger of a cool photo to boot. I think, I'm gonna go and do some research into uses for Klein blue paint a bit later on.
0rest4wicked
A classic POV to make up for the paint job!
danapommet
It certainly had a unique design and a great shot Bill.
nikolais
you can easily hide it in the bush... magnificent machine!
Rainastorm
Fantastic shot Bill