P-38 Lightnings - Post Your Best Shots !

Cool idea for a thread. I'd like to play a little:

Jeff Harris waving to the crowd at Chino airshow this year

Tighter crop of the canopy shadow

Taxiing out for te mass formation at the end of the show

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White lightning now

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I'll pitch in a few...

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It seems as though we all love the "business end"...

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Ok then, a little love for the Posterior...

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Heres a couple of shots of one at a local flyin.....

Yeah its scale, but big....

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Does a static display count? if so, this is Pudgy V, a copy of Maj Thomas McGuire's P-38 at Joint Base Ft Dix/McGuire AFB in New jersey.

Major McGuire was a CMOH recipient and was the 2nd highest scoring ace of the Pacific theater in WWII. http://en.wikipedia.or​g/wiki/Thomas_McGuire

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Merlin Driver wrote in post #14571175
Well done Bill, where these taken at Georgetown, Texas by chance??

Yes, those were taken back when the Central Texas airshow was in Georgetown TX

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FlyingPhotog wrote in post #14569734

Excellent shot!!!

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