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Offline scottydawg

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P-38 "Glacier Girl" heading to Duxford!
« on: June 24, 2007, 10:07:50 AM »
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/06/22/sports/plane.php

This is amazing. Any of you guys at Duxford on the 29th please take pics and post!
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« Reply #1 on: June 24, 2007, 10:14:17 AM »
I thought that bird was supposed to be relegated to static display somewhere. I'm glad to hear she's still flying. I hope the trip goes better this time!
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« Reply #2 on: June 24, 2007, 11:25:32 AM »
I remember seeing the documentary on this plane on the discovery channel I think it was. They basically showed from start to finish of how it was extracted from the ice and how they restored it, up to it's first flight after being restored.

Was a cool story to watch, glad it's still flying and not in some museum.
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« Reply #3 on: June 25, 2007, 04:25:18 AM »
She's coming near to my place on Thursday. Might fly over me on friday :aok
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« Reply #4 on: June 25, 2007, 04:37:34 AM »
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I thought that bird was supposed to be relegated to static display somewhere.  


So did I.
The doc was pretty well done and interesting. A lot of money , hard work and dedication went into that plane.
Beautiful bird.
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« Reply #5 on: June 25, 2007, 08:26:05 AM »
Mr. Roy and Bob Cardin built that one to fly. Mr. Roy died nearly 2 years ago, so he'll never see her complete Bolero. The plan is to fly Bolero and then fly the air show circuit on a limited basis for a while. She's been flying air shows since she returned to the air a few years back, including OshKosh on a regular basis. She has her own air show on Labor Day, at least until last year. Mr Roy died right after the last Labor Day show. The Planes of Fame F6F-5 was lost right afterwards as well, it had been kept with Glacier Girl and over at Sevierville at the museum there. Steve Hinton really thrashes Glacier Girl at the shows, I've seen him cross the field at 350MPH wide open and go vertical till she nearly stalls. When he lands her after a show it takes forever for her to cool down.
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« Reply #6 on: June 25, 2007, 08:56:32 AM »
Would anyone here happen to know their schedule, - flightplan?
Would love to be in the right spot and catch her on camera. And hear a P38 for the first time. :aok
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« Reply #7 on: June 25, 2007, 04:09:59 PM »
Any idea how she's proceeding?
Flightplan here:
Monday - June 25, 2007 - PC-12 P-38F TF-51 Monday - June 25, 2007 Sovereign___________
1130Z (-2 lcl) Depart 9:30 am Sondre Stromfjord 1145Z (-2 lcl) Depart 9:45 am Sondre strom.
150 Flight Time/Distance 1+50 / 339 nm 230 Flight Time / Distance 2+30 / 846 nm
1320Z (-2 lcl) Arrive 11:20 am Kulusuk 1415Z (-0 lcl) Arrive 2:15 pm Reykjvic

Ground Time 2+00 Note: Sovereign will overfly Glacier Girl recover site
enroute to Reykjvik, Iceland.

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Pilots - Rod Lewis/Vincent Sosa Pilots - Richard Davis/D. P. Lofton

Monday - June 25, 2007 - PC-12 P-38F TF-51 Monday - June 25, 2007 Sovereign_____
1520Z (-2 lcl) Depart 1:20 pm Kulusuk
210 Flight Time/Distance 2+10 / 397 nm
1730Z (-0 lcl) Arrive 5:30 pm Reykjvik

RON June 25 & 26, 2007 RON June 25 & 26, 2007

Wednesday - June 27, 2007 - PC-12 P-38F TF-51 Wednesday - June 27, 2007 Sovereign___________
0930Z (-0 lcl) Depart 9:30 am Reykjvik 0945Z (-0 lcl) Depart 9:45 am Reykjvik
300 Flight Time/Distance 3+00 / 574 nm 235 Flight Time / Distance 2+35 / 1053 nm 1230Z (+1 lcl) Arrive 1:30 pm Stornoway 1220Z (+1 lcl) Arrive 1:20 pm Duxford
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« Reply #8 on: June 25, 2007, 04:12:06 PM »
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« Reply #9 on: June 25, 2007, 06:49:58 PM »
You're nothing if not tenacious, Angus, thanks for the links!
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« Reply #10 on: June 25, 2007, 08:01:46 PM »
I was golfing once when I heard an unusual sounding airplane, looked up and saw a P38 flying by.  An amazing moment for me.
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« Reply #11 on: June 25, 2007, 08:17:06 PM »
There was a B-17 circling over my house about 2 hours ago. Flew directly above my house on the final turn.
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« Reply #12 on: June 25, 2007, 10:31:02 PM »
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Would anyone here happen to know their schedule, - flightplan?
Would love to be in the right spot and catch her on camera. And hear a P38 for the first time. :aok


they left out of teterboro airport in north new jersey yesterday..june 24......
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« Reply #13 on: June 25, 2007, 11:06:12 PM »
Very cool.

Anyone hear any news on the 109 recently found on the bottom of a lake? It was found in fair condition. Was supposed to be restored to flying condition again. I think it was JB73 that found the article.
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« Reply #14 on: June 27, 2007, 10:02:58 AM »
Any news on the girl?
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