Here is another curious/fascinating plane
http://www.sprucegoose.org/
I saw this little plane a number of years ago in CA next to the Queen
Mary. I hadn't realized it was moved to Oregon.
Larry
On Monday, June 2, 2003, at 12:29 PM, Larry B. Macy, Ph.D. wrote:
> Since I am a day behind in my email, you probably got this already but
> the P-38 (a very cool plane IMHO) was never a bomber. The P stands for
> Pursuit and it is a twin engined boom tailed fighter. Mostly used in
> the Pacific and was the type responsible for the downing of Adm
> Yamoto's transport late in the war.
>
> Cool story about the saving of those planes anyway.
>
> I was always a buff, never got to fly in one though.
>
> Larry
>
> On Sunday, June 1, 2003, at 07:24 AM, DLancer7676@cs.com wrote:
>
>> While we are on the subject of bombers, just across the mountain from
>> me, in
>> Middlesboro, Kentucky is the P-38 Glacier Girl. I haven't been over
>> (45-minute drive on Rural highways) to see her yet, but she is one of
>> the fabled
>> bombers that were forced to land in Greenland (I think) during the 2nd
>> world war,
>> and was found most recently under many feet of ice. She was extricated
>> and
>> brought to Middlesboro and was recondioned and recently flown. A
>> great place to
>> visit if you are into aircraft. Here is the link to her site online:
>>
>> <A HREF="http://thelostsquadron.com/";>The Lost Squadron Glacier Girl
>> On-Line Museum</A>
>>
>> --David C.
>>
>
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Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
macy@bbl.med.upenn.edu
System Administrator/Manager
Neuropsychiatry Section
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce St. - 1015 Gates
Philadelphia, PA 19104
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FORTUNE.com
Monday, June 25, 2001
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