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it would be a shame to see white lightnin' restored to a stock airframe and paintscheme. that planes been racing since cleveland, loads of racing history in her.
it would be a shame to see white lightnin' restored to a stock airframe and paintscheme. that planes been racing since cleveland, loads of racing history in her.
Oooooooooh, maybe you're on to something there, matt. Restore her as the # 14 "Sky Ranger" from 1947 with the clipped wings, short stacks, and big scoops on top of the cowlings. Now THAT would be very cool!
it would be a shame to see white lightnin' restored to a stock airframe and paintscheme. that planes been racing since cleveland, loads of racing history in her.
But it's best known under Lefty's care and "guidance."
A lot of talk on the other boards hoping that she'd "finally" be restored in a "correct" scheme.
White Lightnin certainly carries colors with more history than most restored warbirds (no disrepect intended to the combat paint and the men and history behind them).
I miss some of the civilian paint schemes, they made these combat planes look a little like the sport planes their owners saw them as. Some were quite attractive.
Ah well, if I owned it I could make that decision....
Should we start a pool?
I think puting it back to stock would be the same as putting Strega, Dago, Bear, or Miss America back to stock. These planes have made their own history in air racing.
Jarrod
I would miss her, but I suppose it wouldn't be to bad to restore her to stock mil form, as long as you don't make White Lightning into a hangar or museum queen....That bird deserves to fly....
I loved seeing white lightning as a racer, but it never was competitive. leftly just raced her for the fun of the ride, so you either need to modify it drastically for racing (clipped merlin-powered Lightning?), or else return her to her original form, unless you have deep pockets and can afford to keep racing her as-is. (did White Lightning have a war history? Anyone know?)
I guess I'm been desensitized to the idea, once Stilleto was returned to stock form....Considering the mods that were made to that P-51, it was the last plane I would have expected to be converted back, yet it was....
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