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Title: Glacier Girl and friends
Post by: Dennis on May 27, 2003, 04:32:51 PM
Please pardon the poor lighting, (and questionable photographic skills) but I thought I'd share these with you anyway.  You've probably heard the story of Glacier Girl, a P-38 that was retrieved from deep beneath the ice in Greenland and restored.  She made her first air show appearance this past weekend in Columbia, Mo.  Here are a few shots:

(http://home.centurytel.net/dennisfaught/art/Airshow/GG_noseart.jpg)

(http://home.centurytel.net/dennisfaught/art/Airshow/GG_left.jpg)

(http://home.centurytel.net/dennisfaught/art/Airshow/GG_rear.jpg)

(http://home.centurytel.net/dennisfaught/art/Airshow/GG_right.jpg)

Sorry, none of her flying, no point trying with my disposable point-and-shoot.  She looked real nice in a heritage flight with an A-10 Warthog, tho...

And a few bonus shots:

A corsair:
(http://home.centurytel.net/dennisfaught/art/Airshow/Corsair.jpg)
A Hellcat:
(http://home.centurytel.net/dennisfaught/art/Airshow/Hellcat.jpg)
A Warhawk:
(http://home.centurytel.net/dennisfaught/art/Airshow/Warhawk.jpg)
And a pair of jugs  :D
(http://home.centurytel.net/dennisfaught/art/Airshow/Thunderbolt1.jpg)
(http://home.centurytel.net/dennisfaught/art/Airshow/Thunderbolt2.jpg)

Enjoy.
Splash1
Title: Glacier Girl and friends
Post by: GunnerCAF on May 27, 2003, 11:15:37 PM
Great Pics!  I hope the Glacier Girl makes it to Oskosh this year.   The last time I saw it there, it was in parts.

Gunner
Title: Glacier Girl and friends
Post by: frank3 on May 28, 2003, 08:52:58 AM
God they're nice!:eek:  
Oskosh, I know that place! (even tho I'm from Holland), fameous place for aircraft days isn't it?
Title: Glacier Girl and friends
Post by: Octavius on May 28, 2003, 10:07:51 AM
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Originally posted by frank3
God they're nice!:eek:  
Oskosh, I know that place! (even tho I'm from Holland), fameous place for aircraft days isn't it?


Heh, Oshkosh is also a "famous" college for insane amounts of alcohol consumed by the college crowd :D  AKA "Sloshkosh"


Very nice pics btw!
Title: nt
Post by: Dennis on May 28, 2003, 02:24:01 PM
:)
Title: Glacier Girl and friends
Post by: GunnerCAF on June 01, 2003, 08:09:55 PM
Oshkosh Wisconsin it the location for the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) airshow.  They claim to be the "Busiest Airport in the World" on that week, and I have no doubt they are.  It's a great show.  It lastes a week, and it takes several days just to walk around to see everything.  It also has a big selection of warbirds.  

Several years ago, there was a C47 with skiis at the show.  I checked it out, and it was all about the Greenland expedition.  They had a top turret of a B17 they recoverd from the lost group of aircraft.  The B17 was crushed, so the plan was to go after one of the P38's the next year.  The next year, they had a boot in the Flymart with all the parts of the P38 on display, with pictures of how they recoverd the aircraft.  

The parts were mostly in great shape.  I rember the names and some hand drawings on the parts that were not exposed when the aircraft was assembled. They must have been put there by the people who assembled the aircraft when it was built.

Gunner
Title: Glacier Girl and friends
Post by: hazed- on June 01, 2003, 09:54:19 PM
wow they let you stand by the plane as it takes off? you work for the airfield?
Title: Glacier Girl and friends
Post by: Dennis on June 01, 2003, 10:30:05 PM
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Originally posted by hazed-
wow they let you stand by the plane as it takes off? you work for the airfield?


you refering to the pics?
Naw, the planes are on the taxiway. They're taxiing to the runway.

Splash1
Title: Glacier Girl and friends
Post by: udet on June 01, 2003, 11:17:20 PM
I wonder if it can carry this 'bunker-buster'
(http://r1329776.hostultra.com/Uploads/bomb.JPG)
Title: Glacier Girl and friends
Post by: Furball on June 02, 2003, 06:24:33 AM
hmmm.... afraid we gonna have to call in antonov for that one udet!

(http://www.theaviationzone.com/images/russian/an225/bin-1/an225_04.jpg)
Title: Glacier Girl and friends
Post by: tatertot on June 04, 2003, 09:40:36 PM
great pics<
Title: Glacier Girl and friends
Post by: Emptygun26 on June 07, 2003, 04:45:31 AM
What bugs me about Glacier Girl is they flew her once.... and thats it. Now she sits there looking like a caged animal.... its sad. The plane looks like she just rolled out of the factory. They should fly her more often.
Title: Glacier Girl and friends
Post by: Dennis on June 07, 2003, 06:49:38 AM
The airshow at Columbia wasn't the first time the rebuilt plane had flown.  Just her first airshow appearance.  I saw a TV documentary about the project, so the plane had flown at _least_ once before.

You mean they're not going to fly her anymore?  That would, indeed, be sad.
They put two new engines in and received FAA certification just before the Columbia show, I was told.

Splash1
Title: Glacier Girl and friends
Post by: SELECTOR on June 07, 2003, 08:11:20 AM
nice pic and nice re build of the p38... but it still is ugly enough to be french the p38
Title: Here's a couple from Springfield, Ill.
Post by: viking73 on June 07, 2003, 08:41:49 AM
(http://t2maw2.homestead.com/files/mitchell.jpg)

(http://t2maw2.homestead.com/files/corsair4.jpg)

(http://t2maw2.homestead.com/files/mustang2.jpg)