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Offline lazydog

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glacier girl
« on: June 30, 2009, 03:58:50 PM »
well i'm sure most of you guys seen it.but i watched the history channel today about how they dug this thing out from under 250 ft. of ice.and spent almost 10 years to restore the 38.have to tell ya when this plane lifted of the ground with over 1000 people watching it was awesome.brought a tear to my eyes .almost makes you wanna learn how to fly the damn thing.
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Offline TwinBoom

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Re: glacier girl
« Reply #1 on: June 30, 2009, 04:05:06 PM »
here she is flying with lefty`s white lightning now owned by RedBull
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Offline lazydog

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Re: glacier girl
« Reply #2 on: June 30, 2009, 04:15:59 PM »
awesome pic TB  :aok
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Re: glacier girl
« Reply #3 on: June 30, 2009, 04:33:39 PM »
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Re: glacier girl
« Reply #4 on: June 30, 2009, 05:50:36 PM »
She's a beautiful bird





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Re: glacier girl
« Reply #5 on: June 30, 2009, 05:56:25 PM »
I was standing next to a Pearl Harbor veteran at Glacier Girl's first flight. We drove 10 hours in one day just for the flight. The weather was a bit low but they flew her anyway. Quite a moving experience overall.

I saw GG on display at the Dayton Airshow a couple years later. Amazing restoration job.
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Offline Fulmar

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« Reply #6 on: June 30, 2009, 07:37:50 PM »
I remember going to the EAA in the early 90's when they were first retrieving them.  They showed pics in a tent of what they were doing etc and what they found.  Last year was the first time I've been at the EAA since then and I was very glad to see Glacier Girl there on display.
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Offline cactuskooler

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Re: glacier girl
« Reply #7 on: June 30, 2009, 07:39:30 PM »
It's such a cool story, never gets old hearing it.

They took the cannon out and and gave it a test firing after all those years.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-p8h43TRXwk

Love this pic
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Re: glacier girl
« Reply #8 on: June 30, 2009, 08:55:44 PM »
That pic is COOOOOL!  :lol seriously
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Re: glacier girl
« Reply #9 on: July 01, 2009, 11:49:49 PM »
cactus, excellent video. Really gives you a sense of how powerful the 20mm is.

Amazing that it worked after all those years too.
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Offline 5PointOh

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Re: glacier girl
« Reply #10 on: July 02, 2009, 02:28:43 AM »
Seen her in person a couple of years ago at the Gather of Mustangs and Ledgends...so pretty.

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Offline crazyivan

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Re: glacier girl
« Reply #11 on: July 02, 2009, 03:47:44 PM »
Quote from: cactuskooler on June 30, 2009, 07:39:30 PM
It's such a cool story, never gets old hearing it.

They took the cannon out and and gave it a test firing after all those years.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-p8h43TRXwk

Love this pic
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Didn't the guy say that there were 5 more buried in the ice? Wheres my shovel? :x
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Re: glacier girl
« Reply #12 on: July 02, 2009, 05:38:22 PM »
Quote from: crazyivan on July 02, 2009, 03:47:44 PM
Didn't the guy say that there were 5 more buried in the ice? Wheres my shovel? :x

The Danes were burned bad enough on Glacier Girl, those other 5 will stay there.   It's a shame too. 
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Re: glacier girl
« Reply #13 on: July 02, 2009, 05:55:39 PM »
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Offline Dream Child

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Re: glacier girl
« Reply #14 on: July 02, 2009, 06:01:31 PM »
There's a couple B-17's down there too, crushed even worse than the P-38's are.
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