Finding and retrieving the P-38 "Glacier Girl" out of the Greenland Ice Cap
Book: "The Lost Squadron" by David Hayes. This covers the first 11
years of search and extraction of aircraft from
glacier (250' deep).
History Channel Special: "The Hunt for the Lost Squadron." 70 min
DVD. This covers the full 22 years including
first flight.
Note: The P-38 is in Chino preparing to fly to England this summer to
complete the mission it started in 1942. I'm working on getting a friend's
B-17, to fly escort on the mission. If I can make this happen I might get
some serious B-17 left seat time. I've only flown a B-17 one time and I
gotta tell you, it makes a DC-3 feel like a Bonanza. As hard as I would try,
I could not get it to fly hands-off. Nor could my instructor. It is
distractingly loud and control responses take a serious measure of
patience. I cannot imagine what it would be like @ gross @ 35,000 ft....with
bad guys in quick little Bf's using you for recommendations for Iron
Crosses.
Richard Taylor,
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From: fot-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Jack W. Drews
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 4:18 PM
To: Bill Babcock; FOT Triumph; mgVR@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Fot] Books and books on tape
At 02:08 PM 4/9/2007, Jack W. Drews wrote:
>Here are some suggestions I almost guarantee you won't get from anybody
else:
>
>Boyd, by Richard Coram. Joe A recommended it to me. The biography of
>the fighter pilot who changed the course of history as far as the art
>of war and aircraft strategy are concerned. Nasty guy but great story
>of sheer genius, who applied the principles of thermodynamics to the
>principles of military strategy. No kidding.
>
>Over the Edge of the World, the story of Magellan's circumnavigation of
>the world by Laurence Bergreen. Terrifying story, stupefying adventure.
>
>Enola Gay, by Paul Tibbets, pilot of the plane that dropped the A Bomb.
>Joe and I met him at his 90th birthday party thrown for him by Richard
>Taylor, also an FOT TR4 racer, who you may remember from Road Atlanta a
>couple of years ago.
>
>Also the story of Richard Taylor digging up the P-38 from under the
>Greenland Ice. Great adventure by a guy we all know. I don't remember
>the title. Richard - Joe? Title?
>
>How Christianity Changed the World, by Alvin Schmidt. The most
>interesting stuff I've ever read about the culture existing in the
>civilized world at the time of Christ.
>
>Life at Full Throttle by Janet Guthrie - famous woman driver. Fast
>read. Whatta person. It has the best printed words I've ever read on
>the sensation of driving a race car at speed.
>
>Charlie Wilson's War by George Crile. How one maverick senator funded
>virtually the entire effort to overthrow the Taliban in Afganistan,
>funneling billions of dollars into Afganistan all through the back
>channels of government, with never a vote and never an approval. Spent
>a lot of the government's dough on himself and his lady friends, too.
>
uncle jack
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