P-38 Photo challenge

[laminar]

In light of the old photos everyone is digging out of the glory days. I have heard that at some point Levitz raced a black 38. Does anyone have pictures?

[kensantafe]

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It was at War Eagles Air Museum in Santa Theresa NM
Last time I saw it

[Leo]

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I have pics of Double Trouble after it's accident. They are slides and be darned if I know which of about 50 slide boxes they are in!
If I remember right she only showed up black in 83. with a red 38 on the tail. She was promptly damaged in a gear retract accident and Levitz said "enough".

[Warren_C]

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Dug this out of the old photos box, War Eagles Museum 1998

A planned fuel stop for us and quick tour before climbing back in the Golden Gate Wing's SNJ and heading on to Midland for the CAF Airsho.

[bergschrund]

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The black P38 was at War Eagles museum in Santa Teresa when I was last there in 2004. Garner in Albuquerque

[speeddemon]

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She was promptly damaged in a gear retract accident and Levitz said "enough".

Actually, I believe he said "If I had a gun right now I'd shoot that son of a *****" (referring to 'Rotten Richard', who was in the cockpit), and then turned around and walked away.

A sad, sad moment.

[Shawn Aro]

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Reno 1977 photo by mt Dad shawn

[John Kerr]

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Here are a couple of photos scanned from slides in my collection of P-38L
N345, 44-27087 at Reno. Photos by Bob Kennedy and show it in better time before gear retract incidient and one after gear retract.

[SpinB]

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OK, seeing Shawn's B/W P-38 photo reminded me of one my Grampa had.
Actually 2 of the same ship. I dug them out and scanned them. It the first or second......XP-38......(late '30s!)! It's remarkable how clean that ship was at the start......I think these photos are declassified.....

[440_Magnum]

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OK, seeing Shawn's B/W P-38 photo reminded me of one my Grampa had.
Actually 2 of the same ship. I dug them out and scanned them. It the first or second......XP-38......(late '30s!)! It's remarkable how clean that ship was at the start......I think these photos are declassified.....

I always did like the cowls on the XP-38 the best. The final versions (starting with the J? or was it the H?) that had the intercooler between the oil coolers in the "beard" below the spinner were not nearly as attractive, but more functional. The two-hole production cowls (oil coolers only, intercooler was in the wing leading edge on those versions) that were retrofitted on Lefty's 'White Lightnin'" when it was de-turboed are almost as sleek as the X plane's cowls.

[Pylon1_Mark]

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Reno 1977 photo by mt Dad shawn

Also courtesy of Shawn's dad, Chuck

They are slides and be darned if I know which of about 50 slide boxes they are in!

I feel that... spent the last 3 days reorganizing my slides/prints in preparation for the big move to OKC - and I still need a few more days of work left. Luckily I had this one on one of my archive disks on the computer.

[Shawn Aro]

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hi Mark hope you doing well Shawn

[T J Johansen]

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That 38 is really looking good in the black paint job!

T J

[Pylon1_Mark]

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hi Mark hope you doing well Shawn

Hi Shawn - I'm doing quite well sir, thanks for asking

[speeddemon]

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That 38 is really looking good in the black paint job!

T J

The black paint made the airplane look small.