I have no good P-38 shots, but this is kind of cool.

(hint: it has nothing to do with the P-388))

http://aero-pix.com/dayton03/na/na-b.jpg

No but if it helps keep it in the air I'm all for it

Went up doing some tumbles in a Stearman, Boeing's finest :) we got the bad news about BBD when we landed, the relief of knowing that Rob Davies bailed out ok was one I will remember for long time.

Yeah, I thought so too, but once airborne is barely visible, and that all metal finish is damn sexy. And yes, if they pay to keep her airborne, bring it on.

Here's one of my shots

http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/3636/img1690qr.jpg

It's cool indeed! Is that Glacier Girl?

It is. That is not the cool part.

Hint: Photo was taken on July 20

I liked this pair of videos and i've watched them many times. What variant of bf109 is it in the video? And the 109 cockpit does seem unbelievably small. i would assume Luftwaffe had some height restriction on pilot cadets during WWII?

Apologies for the intrusion Sternjaeger II but i'm not certain that is correct.
I remember the programme very well It's 'Spitfire' part of the UK Channel 4 Equinox series (I had it on video up until a couple of years back). The 109 is a G2 which became well known as 'Black 6' it was captured in North Africa in 1942.

http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/london/c...k%206'.pdf

The pilot is Paul Day who was OC of the RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight:
http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/arc...p?t-18274.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_...emorial_Flight

Probably not a 'tool'

Regards Mike

The pilot is Paul Day who was OC of the RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight:
http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/arc...p?t-18274.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_...emorial_Flight

Probably not a 'tool'

Regards Mike[/QUOTE]

+100;-)

yeah, I was referring to the Emil of this video, Black 6 is defo a G2, if you can find its story (there's a book out there about it) it's really worth buying and reading in one go :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QP16QoNNkM

not when it comes to piloting skills, read my comments in the other posts on the same thread about it. Again, personal opinions ;)

Thanks Sternjaeger II, would have been nice if it was an Emil as with that cannon breach it would have to be an E2, and there aren't any survivors.

I have seen the book and never gotten around to it, thanks for the recommendation I will pick it up when I am down at Dux next.

Regards Mike

yeah, just like the Emil of the video, most were updated during the war, hence the scarcity of early 109s. In the book it's actually interesting to see that when they go through the cleaning process, they found evidences that the plane was in fact an updated frame of an F2 (if memory serves!).

Wonder what happened to that Me109 that was found in India some years ago, that was an early one too. http://www.warbirdsofindia.com/WDY/wbdy2002.html