My late Father was in the Army Air Corps in WWII he was a trained aircraft mechanic and the P-38 Lightning was his favorite aircraft. Thank you for the great video! 🇺🇸👍
@tripacer8259
16 күн бұрын
Great video and NO MUSIC!! Thanks for posting....
@CaoimhinOMaol
12 күн бұрын
“Oh wow, wow, wow, wow…..wow!” “That fly-past was TIGHT!”
@brucesheehe6305
16 күн бұрын
Two turbosupercharged Allison engines with counter rotating props. The Curtis P-40 had the great Allison engine, but it was not turbosupercharged. Kelly Johnson mastermind.
@casparberends2719
16 күн бұрын
Not all versions had counterrotating props, and not all versions had turbosuperchargers.
@williambarry8015
15 күн бұрын
KZitemr Stapleton42 interviews a guy in the seattle area thts been rebuilding Allisons and Merlins for powerboats for 50 years and he feels the allison is a better engine.
@thecowboy2523
10 күн бұрын
This is a P-38. The P-40 is a single engine fighter
@stevesp38
24 күн бұрын
The P-38 and the F-15 Eagle are the two most beautiful airplanes ever built.
@gadeane287
16 күн бұрын
DeHavilland Mosquito deserves a nod.
@mickywanderer8276
12 күн бұрын
@@gadeane287 As does the DeHavilland Hornet. Pity that plane, and the F7F Tigercat, didn't appear in time for the war.
@midnightwriter9658
4 күн бұрын
The ME 262 for my money ...
@stevesp38
4 күн бұрын
Hey gadeane287, micky, and midnight. I do not disagree with any of those airplane choices. Almost everything from WWII is a beautiful airplane. It's just that I got to sit in a P-38 at Duxford back in 1994, which IS one of my 2 favorite airplanes along with the F-15 which I was a mechanic on in the U.S. Air Force for 12 of my 21 years of service. I also was a mechanic on U-2's at RAF Alconbury. I think the Mosquito and the Hornet are gorgeous airplanes. And, Midnight, I think all of the German airplanes of WWII are also beautiful. I love the 262, the 190, 109, etc. No disrespect was intended. Just my personal experience opinion on the P-38 and F-15.
@michaelmurray7199
3 күн бұрын
They’re also my 2 personal favorites.
@keith7046
14 күн бұрын
Short and to the point. PERFECT.
@luke_skywanker7643
8 күн бұрын
I love watching videos of the P-38 and my other favorite, the P-51 Mustang. I've always wondered what would have happened if they'd have continued with that P-38 design and replaced the piston engines with jet engines. It would have probably been something like my other favorite -- the A010 Warthog. Thanks for posting this, man. And even bigger thanks for keeping the original sound and not replacing it with some kind of crappy loud music.
@brianmoore1164
9 күн бұрын
Love it when propeller speed and shutter speed make it look like the plane is flying without the engines running!
@bleustalder8717
8 күн бұрын
Besides the one Howard crashed that’s pretty much the baddest twin piston in the skies. The two remaining Howard 500’s are pretty freaking amazing too!
@boomer7485
8 күн бұрын
The last thing Yamamoto saw.
@georgegeyer3431
23 күн бұрын
The Fork Tail Devil.
@craigpennington1251
14 күн бұрын
The 38 is really a quiet aircraft compared with most. My #2 favorite. Thanks for posting without music.
@tedkoester814
8 күн бұрын
Agreed. Caught one at an airshow god knows how long ago - p47, bearcat, Texan a6 Zero replica(tora tora tora), all bellering to beat hell, p38 goes zipping by, almost silent by comparison
@dgreen3298
28 күн бұрын
Wow! Music to the ears!
@covertops19Z
13 күн бұрын
The Admiral Yamamoto death machine..
@MrEricmopar
26 күн бұрын
I know that technically modern engines like turbo props are more efficient, but those old warbirds sound so delicious LOL
@s10motox
27 күн бұрын
That thing is dope!
@LarsDcCase
14 күн бұрын
This is orgasmic, seeing and hearing these war birds fire up and fly. 😀
@PlaidRicky1611
5 күн бұрын
Great sound, but without the right prop blur these vids are hard to watch sometimes.
@mudkow5092
3 күн бұрын
Vertical shutters on phones.
@tonyczuleger4591
27 күн бұрын
Where is the P38 home airport? Torrance airport was a P38 base back in the day. I have never been aware of a P 38 visiting Torrance over the 65 years I have lived in the South Bay. I wonder if we will ever see one come to Torrance in the future.
@richs7362
25 күн бұрын
Chino, Planes Of Fame museum
@adamadkins9210
23 күн бұрын
When I was growing up in Torrance in the 1970s there was a P-51 that often flew out of that airport. I wonder if it's still there?
@tonyczuleger4591
22 күн бұрын
@@adamadkins9210 Yes P-51 you are talking about was the one and only Bob Hoover. Bob also has a shrike commander. the P-51 was Yellow and when he cam back from a weekend air show, Bob would come in hot from the north heading south and circle his home pulling back on the power then power up over his Palos Verdes home to let the family know he was back in town. our family lived in South Torrance at the beach and frequently would catch the arrival as well. No cell phones at the time. . Bobs plain is now in the Smithsonian.
@deruberschwarze3943
10 күн бұрын
Whispering Death.
@Loulovesspeed
9 күн бұрын
I think you are confusing the P-38 with the British made Bristol Beaufighter That plane was nicknamed "Whispering Death" as its engines were so quiet.
@deruberschwarze3943
9 күн бұрын
@@Loulovesspeed The Japanese and I are not confused. Look it up.
@Loulovesspeed
9 күн бұрын
@@deruberschwarze3943 - No confusion here, I knew the correct names but looked them up anyway. The P-38 nickname was German - Der Gabelshwanz Teufel - which translates to The Fork-Tailed Devil. The Whispering Death moniker belonged SOLELY to the Bristol Beaufighter. The F4u Corsair was called whistling death because the wing root air inlets for the engines made a high pitch whistling sound in a dive! Suggest you go back and research some more because I am 100% positive that I am correct!
@deruberschwarze3943
9 күн бұрын
@@Loulovesspeed I stand corrected.
@Loulovesspeed
9 күн бұрын
@@deruberschwarze3943 - Thank you for being respectful with your reply! I have found there are some positive aspects of getting older and I enjoy them more every year! I'm 75 and my true love is sports car racing and its history, But WWII fighter aircraft are a solid second! I knew and met several times at Lime Rock Park road racing course, a gentleman named John Fitch, who was a well known road racing driver in the post war era. In WWII, he flew P-51 Mustangs over German held areas and also performed pilot training for the Army Air Corps. John was one of the first Americans to shoot down an ME-262 jet as it was taking off! He later on was strafing a German supply train and made an "ill advised 3rd pass" on it and was shot down. He spent the last few months of the war in a POW Camp. Ironically, he became the only American driver to be placed on the Mercedes Benz Factory Race Team in the early 1950s! All the best to you sir!
@vrosi1963
22 күн бұрын
pof P38 came out just for this small event ?
@mudkow5092
22 күн бұрын
There's a connection to Kunkle Field, so yes.
@jmseipp
15 күн бұрын
The props aren’t turning.
@ronaldtreitner1460
14 күн бұрын
i think its a camera effect with frame rate or something
@garyyoung4074
25 күн бұрын
A season 2 episode of Black Sheep Squadron features 2 P-38's along with the usual 6 F-4U's. Those poor modified T-6's trying to be Zeros must have had a tough time! You see the F-4U's with flaps down in many dogfight scenes trying to fly slow enough.
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