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General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: chrish483 on March 07, 2008, 07:57:21 PM
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Anyone else read this book on the 6 P-38's and 2 B-17's that were forced to land in Greenland do to bad weather.
(http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/2844/18962571zh7.jpg)
interesting enough that this guy Pat Epps thought they could locate these planes, brush the snow off fix them up and fly them out of there.
but they ended up finding them at a depth of 250 feet in solid ice.
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original SAPP landing?
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original SAPP landing?
oh no these planes were completely intact when they landed :rofl
interesting book tho
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oh no these planes were completely intact when they landed :rofl
interesting book tho
Nope, the first P-38 that landed flipped over.
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I i was referring to the SAPP deal.
but your right it was Brad McManus that landed first and when the nose gear hit the ice it broke through and flipped the plane over.
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Jeez, that's a picture perfect landing. There's even snow to put out the fires...
donkey
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hay there donkey
photo in question here is this one
(http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/7801/76203058be8.jpg)
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forgot to include that he was the 1st and last to land with gear down.
the ISBN # of the book is 0-7868-6048-0
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lol. hmm, so do you get to dig a little snow fort tunnel out of that landing?
donkey
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well if your cockpit is in the snow with 3 tons of machine holding it down you would half to dig a rabbit hole out of there,
even the kickin power of donkey wouldnt get his "ass" out :rofl :aok
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:rofl :rofl
I need this book.
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i put up the ISBN # spike. with that you can locate it at any book store or Amazon.com
I was kidding donkey, book sais he got out through a side window in the cockpit, he had to wiggle alot to get out tho.
spike its not a funny book but a history book on these planes and alot of good pics and how they got one or more of the planes out of there since then.
interesting to read about it, here is one that belly landed, the 2 black spots behind it are the props and hubs.
(http://img356.imageshack.us/img356/4438/18134894hb4.jpg)
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i put up the ISBN # spike. with that you can locate it at any book store or Amazon.com
I was kidding donkey, book sais he got out through a side window in the cockpit, he had to wiggle alot to get out tho.
spike its not a funny book but a history book on these planes and alot of good pics and how they got one or more of the planes out of there since then.
interesting to read about it, here is one that belly landed, the 2 black spots behind it are the props and hubs.
(http://img356.imageshack.us/img356/4438/18134894hb4.jpg)
lol no problem. I bet thier hearts were beating hard during all of that.
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id say low on gas and having to ditch like that my heart would be in my lap beating away lol
seeing th first plane land and flip on its top you know its soft ground there and then to belly land and slide to a stop.
question, what was the names of the 2 B17's that was with the 38's?
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I don't know whether this is true or not, but I heard from my Dad (he loves P-38s) that these pilots used their parachutes to slide around whilst they were waiting to be rescued. If so, sounds like fun :)
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Yossarian
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One of them was recovered and is flying:
Here is the short story
http://p38assn.org/glacier-girl.htm
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Read the write up in National Geographic back in 1995 or so. Might have to pick up this book.
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Let's just get it straight the P-38 was the best fighter plane ever built... It could out bomb a B-17, outurn a Zero, outrun a 262, out climb a Me-163, and an entire squadron F-16's would be hard pressed to shoot it down.
It was nicknamed "Der Gabelshwanz teufel" because the Germans were just so whimpering scared of it. It defeated the entire Luftwaffe by itself and and the other planes were just there for moral support.
All 38 pilots were the best ever, and it is without a doubt the sexiest plane ever built...
There i think we've FINALY cleared that up .....
:P
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Let's just get it straight the P-38 was the best fighter plane ever built... It could out bomb a B-17, outurn a Zero, outrun a 262, out climb a Me-163, and an entire squadron F-16's would be hard pressed to shoot it down.
It was nicknamed "Der Gabelshwanz teufel" because the Germans were just so whimpering scared of it. It defeated the entire Luftwaffe by itself and and the other planes were just there for moral support.
All 38 pilots were the best ever, and it is without a doubt the sexiest plane ever built...
There i think we've FINALY cleared that up .....
:P
I understand Chuck Norris flew one.
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I don't know whether this is true or not, but I heard from my Dad (he loves P-38s) that these pilots used their parachutes to slide around whilst they were waiting to be rescued. If so, sounds like fun :)
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Yossarian
your right on that.
(http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/8739/64911587oc6.jpg)
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One of them was recovered and is flying:
Here is the short story
http://p38assn.org/glacier-girl.htm
i read through the link there and i find it odd that they wonderd if glacier-girl was this 38 in the photo
(http://img356.imageshack.us/img356/4438/18134894hb4.th.jpg) (http://img356.imageshack.us/my.php?image=18134894hb4.jpg)
it cant be as both props are broke off and laying in the snow behind the plane. the one they recoverd clearly shows both props still on it.
(http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/1065/83765068tj6.jpg)