Can you imagine being crammed into this for hours on end?
Can you imagine being crammed into this for hours on end?
That was a young man’s game. Still is.
That seat does not look comfortable.
2019 Phoenix 21PHX
Mercury 250 4 Stroke
I seen similar photos recently of the early mig cockpits and even a me 262. I had the same thoughts about being stuck in one for a mission.
"the liberties of the American people were dependent upon the ballot-box, the jury-box, and the cartridge-box; that without these no class of people could live and flourish in this country..."
Cool plane. Didn’t the pilot sit on their parachute pack? Probably to busy to worry about being cramped.
No, but they were probably too busy watching for enemy fighters to notice.
Very cool plane.
One of my favorites the P-38!
Man has technology come along way. Anyone know if that is a primitive heads up display or just a mirror to see behind? 15's have mirrors. 16's canopy has better visibility. My grandpa told me if it wasn't for the P-38s in Guam, I would not be here.
2008 Ranger 178VX
150 Yamaha V-max
GO Fins!!!
Lightning was always my favorite WW2 plane. I bet I built 3-4 models of them when I was a kid.
“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so. “ – Mark Twain
My P38 was a can opener !
Crammed in that can while getting shot at!
Here's a view from the other side... from P-38 wiki page...
There's a gunsight in there, hard to tell by the pic.Originally Posted by cwilt
Yes
You sit on the Parachute
My P38 was a can opener !
Phoenix 919 Merc 225 pro XS
It was called the forked tail devil by the German Luftwaffe.
https://warbirddigest.com/product/ch...-tailed-devil/
And I have a P38 at home.
Last edited by Rider99XX; 03-14-2024 at 07:26 AM.
Hi Mike.
Yes I can and did so lots of times as a kid. Really wanted to be a pilot as a kid, but it was not meant to be.
My Uncle was a P-38 mechanic in the Aleutian Islands during 1942.
Seemed to be used more in the Pacific due to wide open spaces. The top two American Aces in the Pacific in WWII drove P-38's so it held its own against the Zeros.
Reply With Quote