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Title: For Guppy, SAPP, AKAK, and all other admirers of the P-38
Post by: Brooke on April 20, 2009, 02:46:08 PM: The Museum of Flight in Seattle has panel discussions by WWII pilots every couple of months. They are awesome, with excellent stories. The following is a short excerpt that my wife, Traci (video maven that she is), put together for us.

Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J0lEHyKInw

The gentleman telling the tale is Bill Allen, who flew both P-38's and P-51's with the 55th FG. He loves the P-38 and had other interesting tales of the P-38 and of his first impression of the P-51.
Title: Re: For Guppy, SAPP, AKAK, and all other admirers of the P-38
Post by: AWwrgwy on April 20, 2009, 02:59:11 PM: Quote
I wasn't really worried about it. There wasn't an airplane in the world that could keep up with a P-38 when it was out of control going straight down.

:rofl

Thank your wife for us.

wrongway
Title: Re: For Guppy, SAPP, AKAK, and all other admirers of the P-38
Post by: TonyJoey on April 20, 2009, 03:09:15 PM: "Uh, I hope your right, Tony" :rofl

(The test pilot Tony, not me :))
Title: Re: For Guppy, SAPP, AKAK, and all other admirers of the P-38
Post by: pipz on April 20, 2009, 03:17:06 PM: Thanks for posting that.Its always great to hear the Vets speak of theyre experiances.

Pipz
Title: Re: For Guppy, SAPP, AKAK, and all other admirers of the P-38
Post by: Shuffler on April 20, 2009, 04:01:34 PM: Very good. Thanks for posting. Thanks to your wife for taking the time to put that together too.
Title: Re: For Guppy, SAPP, AKAK, and all other admirers of the P-38
Post by: Ack-Ack on April 20, 2009, 04:15:15 PM: Brooke you are a true scholar and a gentleman. Thank you for posting this and your wife for putting it together.

ack-ack
Title: Re: For Guppy, SAPP, AKAK, and all other admirers of the P-38
Post by: lyric1 on April 20, 2009, 04:15:30 PM: Funny.
Title: Re: For Guppy, SAPP, AKAK, and all other admirers of the P-38
Post by: Lye-El on April 20, 2009, 05:06:21 PM: "There wasn't a plane in world that could keep up with an out of control P-38 going straight down." :rofl
Title: Re: For Guppy, SAPP, AKAK, and all other admirers of the P-38
Post by: newmac on April 20, 2009, 09:35:01 PM: Quote from: Lye-El on April 20, 2009, 05:06:21 PM
"There wasn't a plane in world that could keep up with an out of control P-38 going straight down." :rofl
To that end...I guess there wasn't a plane in the world that wanted to keep up with a P-38 going straight down out of control!
Nice!!!
Title: Re: For Guppy, SAPP, AKAK, and all other admirers of the P-38
Post by: Soulyss on April 20, 2009, 11:58:21 PM: Thanks Brooke and Mrs Brooke. :)
Title: Re: For Guppy, SAPP, AKAK, and all other admirers of the P-38
Post by: Hajo on April 21, 2009, 12:52:40 PM: That was priceless :aok
Title: Re: For Guppy, SAPP, AKAK, and all other admirers of the P-38
Post by: Yeager on April 21, 2009, 01:11:13 PM: would enjoy seeing more of this panel dicussion? Too bad MOF doesn't record these and make them available on the web, or at least to museum members.
Title: Re: For Guppy, SAPP, AKAK, and all other admirers of the P-38
Post by: 007Rusty on April 21, 2009, 01:37:21 PM: very cool thanks :aok
Title: Re: For Guppy, SAPP, AKAK, and all other admirers of the P-38
Post by: Brooke on April 21, 2009, 01:53:16 PM: Quote from: Yeager on April 21, 2009, 01:11:13 PM
would enjoy seeing more of this panel dicussion? Too bad MOF doesn't record these and make them available on the web, or at least to museum members.

I've asked museum folks a bit about that, and I'm going to see if there is any way my wife and I can pitch in. I've been to a lot of these panel discussions and some of the stories are *amazing* -- as amazing or more amazing than even the most-spectacular stories you have read in histories. Some are hilarious. Some are heartbreakingly sad. They are stories a lot of people would truly wish to hear.
Title: Re: For Guppy, SAPP, AKAK, and all other admirers of the P-38
Post by: moot on April 21, 2009, 04:35:08 PM: Any chance of something like this for the 190D-13?
Title: Re: For Guppy, SAPP, AKAK, and all other admirers of the P-38
Post by: Brooke on April 21, 2009, 04:57:07 PM: Quote from: moot on April 21, 2009, 04:35:08 PM
Any chance of something like this for the 190D-13?

The panel discussions I've been to haven't had any pilots other than from the US, except for once in the audience an Me 262 test pilot. Also, there was once a US citizen who flew for the RCAF and then later with the USAAF -- Lou Luma (a Mosquito night-fighter ace).
Title: Re: For Guppy, SAPP, AKAK, and all other admirers of the P-38
Post by: moot on April 21, 2009, 05:06:37 PM: That's too bad, thanks Brooke.
Title: Re: For Guppy, SAPP, AKAK, and all other admirers of the P-38
Post by: Murdr on April 21, 2009, 05:07:58 PM: Quote from: Ack-Ack on April 20, 2009, 04:15:15 PM
Brooke you are a true scholar and a gentleman. Thank you for posting this and your wife for putting it together.

ack-ack

What AKAK said :)
Title: Re: For Guppy, SAPP, AKAK, and all other admirers of the P-38
Post by: Brooke on April 21, 2009, 05:24:22 PM: Why, thanks, guys! Traci is very happy that folks are liking it.
Title: Re: For Guppy, SAPP, AKAK, and all other admirers of the P-38
Post by: Shuffler on April 21, 2009, 06:13:25 PM: :aok to Traci..... what did you ever do to deserve a gal like that. :P

Kind of nice to ask someone else that. I always get asked that. lol
Title: Re: For Guppy, SAPP, AKAK, and all other admirers of the P-38
Post by: Brooke on April 21, 2009, 06:30:18 PM: Quote from: Shuffler on April 21, 2009, 06:13:25 PM
:aok to Traci..... what did you ever do to deserve a gal like that. :P

Kind of nice to ask someone else that. I always get asked that. lol

Heh! Thanks! (I think. :) ) What I did I do? Well, it's easy -- I got very, very lucky. :)
Title: Re: For Guppy, SAPP, AKAK, and all other admirers of the P-38
Post by: Shuffler on April 21, 2009, 11:04:23 PM: Amen!
Title: Re: For Guppy, SAPP, AKAK, and all other admirers of the P-38
Post by: Lye-El on April 22, 2009, 08:53:35 PM: Quote from: Brooke on April 21, 2009, 01:53:16 PM
I've asked museum folks a bit about that, and I'm going to see if there is any way my wife and I can pitch in. I've been to a lot of these panel discussions and some of the stories are *amazing* -- as amazing or more amazing than even the most-spectacular stories you have read in histories. Some are hilarious. Some are heartbreakingly sad. They are stories a lot of people would truly wish to hear.

They should be saved. The participants aren't going to be around much longer. All that will be left is what somebody reads in a book and a few interviews that will be copyrighted and then hidden away for 75 years.

It would be nice to mic them like they do in video podcasts to get clean audio..
Title: Re: For Guppy, SAPP, AKAK, and all other admirers of the P-38
Post by: Brooke on April 23, 2009, 02:19:34 AM: Quote from: Lye-El on April 22, 2009, 08:53:35 PM
They should be saved. The participants aren't going to be around much longer. All that will be left is what somebody reads in a book and a few interviews that will be copyrighted and then hidden away for 75 years.

It would be nice to mic them like they do in video podcasts to get clean audio..

They do record each one, which is excellent. But I'm not sure if or how they are available. I'm inquiring, though. Many of the stories you guys would very much love to hear.