P-38 has always been one of my favorite airplanes.

Miraculous aircraft and very clear and (mostly) steady camera work. The only detraction is the announcer talking over the sounds of these warbirds.

Both are beautiful planes. Thanks to the people who have kept them flying this long for your kids to see in their lifetime. Salute to you.

It's twoo, it's twoo! The two engines turn opposite directions!

It's so beautiful to look at!!!....it looks fast just sitting there0!!!!

Many, many hours went into polishing those two aircraft! What fabulous airplanes!

Beautiful ship. Another Kelly Johnson home run.

@mikepxg6406

Ай бұрын

its not a ship.

@dlkline27

Ай бұрын

@@mikepxg6406 Not familiar with aircraft lingo are ye? "Ship"; short for airship.

@Strider1954

28 күн бұрын

@@dlkline27 If a guy were to follow history he would know that there were airships long before there were airplanes.

These are both beautiful planes. I would love to have seen them taking off into the sky.

2:04 She can only DREAM to have had a radar like that back in the day. :P

Used to see this Lightning in west Houston back in the mid-eighties. It was a racer named White Lightning and belonged to Lefty Gardner. Been crashed once too, if memory serves. Deadsticked into a plowed field I believe.

This plane really scared the germans.

The narrator said B17, but that 2nd plane is a B25.

@mrthingy9072

18 күн бұрын

Yep, definitely a Mitchell.

Beautiful P-38. I would not want to fly that. I would want that in my living room, we're I can stare at it nightly.

@jeffreeves1567

14 күн бұрын

Agreed. They’re sort of hard to look at from the cockpit…

MAGNIFICENT FLYING MACHINES.👍

I saw this plane in harligen Texas in the 1970s if memory serves me well. That is a beautiful aircraft

The Lightning in it's prototype iteration had problems with stability as a gun platform. She was regarded a squirrely and always hunting for a stable flight line. Turns out the way the props rotated. Originally the port engine rotated counter clockwise (looking toward the nose) and starboard engine rotated clockwise, resulting in poor airflow around the fuselage. They reversed the engines and the problem was solved.

Formerly known as White Lightnin' and flown by Lefty Gardner with the Confederate Air Force.

@sseeplane6950

29 күн бұрын

And put down in a Mississippi cotton field by his son in 2001😢

@stevesp38

29 күн бұрын

@@sseeplane6950 Yep. At least Redbull had the means to keep the airplane flying. Would be nice to see it in the U.S. again. The last time I saw it as White Lightnin was at the Phoenix 500 air races in 1994.

Magnificent !!

Lightning is so quiet with the exhaust going through that turbo

In the late 50’s we built models, this was my favorite.

@bruceb5481

8 күн бұрын

I built a model and it was also my favorite.

I think the Yamamoto family desendants have pix of the "Fork-Tailed Devil" hanging on their walls. Was it the only multi-engine plane with counter-rotating props? Both warbirds are absolutely pristine and spotless.

Beautiful airplane!

As one man in a brown coat said once or twice, Shiny!

The engines always seem to be reluctant to start.

Was Lefty Gardner's white P-38 racer. I up close when it was in Santa Maria CA.

Thanks Dick Bong!

America's greatest preidentual escort.

I like shiny aluminum airplanes. What a beauty

When I was growing up there was a friend of my family that flew a P-38 in WWII

red bull kills it

Glad I don’t have to polish all that aluminum!😮

“Fork tailed devil” !!

Always strange, the strobe effect of the camera making it look like the engines are just barely turning over.

did you notice that the props turn in opposite directions

My Dad flew the P-38. Where is the airplane located?

Does it go faster if you polish it?

@cliffjones8809

11 күн бұрын

@@justtinkering6713 Yes, it goes to eleven.

Very good video, really enjoyed it.. However these are Vintage WWII Birds and they should stay vintage... Why does "Red Bull" have to put there name on it... Really takes away from the beauty of the plane. I can see them doing it on there modern planes, but not on Classic WWII Birds!

Startup without a fire extinguisher?

@flyerbob124

29 күн бұрын

There was a fire truck behind it.

where can i see this plane ?

@Aviation_interests

24 күн бұрын

Salzburg austria

F or G?

@sseeplane6950

29 күн бұрын

L

This aircraft would look so much better not so highly polished. It's a shame.

@ralphcrisp2896

29 күн бұрын

But they sparkle in flight. You know right away that it's one of these.

@lw3918

29 күн бұрын

@@ralphcrisp2896 Holding on to history is more important.

@guaporeturns9472

26 күн бұрын

@@lw3918Says who? Tell ya what , when you get one you can paint it However you like , ok bud?

@lw3918

26 күн бұрын

@@guaporeturns9472 Well, I work for a group that restores these aircraft. So........

@guaporeturns9472

26 күн бұрын

@@lw3918 😂sure ya do bud 👌🏻 🤥

To bad someone is talking.

@mikepxg6406

Ай бұрын

Too.....

Audio terrible. A directional mike would help.

@Aviation_interests

Ай бұрын

I tried to film it on my phone was a spur of the moment thing

Blah blah blah blah blah Vs Engine sounds

Shame about the polished finish. Too liberace. This was a war bird, please treat it with respect

@garygullikson6349

Ай бұрын

I thought it was beautiful, like it just came off the assembly line. Why such hypercritical comments, do you think that videos should be produced according to your peculiar wishes?

@ralphcrisp2896

29 күн бұрын

I remember there was a functional reason behind this. It's possible that a P-38 was so fast that they wanted to be able to see it better (e.g., approaching). The polished finish makes them sparkle in flight. You figure a small plane (a fighter plane) travelling at a high rate of speed, the visibility helped reduce the risk of mid-air collisions.