My late Father was in the Army Air Corps in WWII he was a trained aircraft mechanic and the P-38 Lightning was his favorite aircraft. Thank you for the great video! 🇺🇸👍
I love watching videos of the P-38 and my other favorite, the P-51 Mustang. I've always wondered what would have happened if they'd have continued with that P-38 design and replaced the piston engines with jet engines. It would have probably been something like my other favorite -- the A010 Warthog. Thanks for posting this, man. And even bigger thanks for keeping the original sound and not replacing it with some kind of crappy loud music.
Hey gadeane287, micky, and midnight. I do not disagree with any of those airplane choices. Almost everything from WWII is a beautiful airplane. It's just that I got to sit in a P-38 at Duxford back in 1994, which IS one of my 2 favorite airplanes along with the F-15 which I was a mechanic on in the U.S. Air Force for 12 of my 21 years of service. I also was a mechanic on U-2's at RAF Alconbury. I think the Mosquito and the Hornet are gorgeous airplanes. And, Midnight, I think all of the German airplanes of WWII are also beautiful. I love the 262, the 190, 109, etc. No disrespect was intended. Just my personal experience opinion on the P-38 and F-15.
Two turbosupercharged Allison engines with counter rotating props. The Curtis P-40 had the great Allison engine, but it was not turbosupercharged. Kelly Johnson mastermind.
UA-camr Stapleton42 interviews a guy in the seattle area thts been rebuilding Allisons and Merlins for powerboats for 50 years and he feels the allison is a better engine.
Agreed. Caught one at an airshow god knows how long ago - p47, bearcat, Texan a6 Zero replica(tora tora tora), all bellering to beat hell, p38 goes zipping by, almost silent by comparison
Besides the one Howard crashed that’s pretty much the baddest twin piston in the skies. The two remaining Howard 500’s are pretty freaking amazing too!
Where is the P38 home airport? Torrance airport was a P38 base back in the day. I have never been aware of a P 38 visiting Torrance over the 65 years I have lived in the South Bay. I wonder if we will ever see one come to Torrance in the future.
@@adamadkins9210 Yes the P-51 you are talking about was likely the one and only Bob Hoover. Bob also had a shrike commander. The P-51 was Yellow in color with Rockwell logos on the wings. When he came back from a weekend air show, Bob would come in hot from the north heading south and circle his home pulling back on the power then power up over his Palos Verdes home to let the family know he was back in town. our family lived in South Torrance at the beach and frequently would catch the arrival as well. No cell phones at the time. . Bobs plain is now in the Smithsonian.
@@tonyczuleger4591 Thanks so much for your reply! Very nice to know something about the plane that was making all of the very "stout" noises climbing out of Torrance airport while I was was walking the dog. We lived in the apartments on 235th Street where the Little League fields used to be.
@@deruberschwarze3943 - No confusion here, I knew the correct names but looked them up anyway. The P-38 nickname was German - Der Gabelshwanz Teufel - which translates to The Fork-Tailed Devil. The Whispering Death moniker belonged SOLELY to the Bristol Beaufighter. The F4u Corsair was called whistling death because the wing root air inlets for the engines made a high pitch whistling sound in a dive! Suggest you go back and research some more because I am 100% positive that I am correct!
@@deruberschwarze3943 - Thank you for being respectful with your reply! I have found there are some positive aspects of getting older and I enjoy them more every year! I'm 75 and my true love is sports car racing and its history, But WWII fighter aircraft are a solid second! I knew and met several times at Lime Rock Park road racing course, a gentleman named John Fitch, who was a well known road racing driver in the post war era. In WWII, he flew P-51 Mustangs over German held areas and also performed pilot training for the Army Air Corps. John was one of the first Americans to shoot down an ME-262 jet as it was taking off! He later on was strafing a German supply train and made an "ill advised 3rd pass" on it and was shot down. He spent the last few months of the war in a POW Camp. Ironically, he became the only American driver to be placed on the Mercedes Benz Factory Race Team in the early 1950s! All the best to you sir!
A season 2 episode of Black Sheep Squadron features 2 P-38's along with the usual 6 F-4U's. Those poor modified T-6's trying to be Zeros must have had a tough time! You see the F-4U's with flaps down in many dogfight scenes trying to fly slow enough.
My late Father was in the Army Air Corps in WWII he was a trained aircraft mechanic and the P-38 Lightning was his favorite aircraft. Thank you for the great video! 🇺🇸👍
Great video and NO MUSIC!! Thanks for posting....
“Oh wow, wow, wow, wow…..wow!”
“That fly-past was TIGHT!”
Short and to the point. PERFECT.
The last thing Yamamoto saw.
I love watching videos of the P-38 and my other favorite, the P-51 Mustang. I've always wondered what would have happened if they'd have continued with that P-38 design and replaced the piston engines with jet engines. It would have probably been something like my other favorite -- the A010 Warthog. Thanks for posting this, man. And even bigger thanks for keeping the original sound and not replacing it with some kind of crappy loud music.
Love it when propeller speed and shutter speed make it look like the plane is flying without the engines running!
The P-38 and the F-15 Eagle are the two most beautiful airplanes ever built.
DeHavilland Mosquito deserves a nod.
@@gadeane287 As does the DeHavilland Hornet. Pity that plane, and the F7F Tigercat, didn't appear in time for the war.
The ME 262 for my money ...
Hey gadeane287, micky, and midnight. I do not disagree with any of those airplane choices. Almost everything from WWII is a beautiful airplane. It's just that I got to sit in a P-38 at Duxford back in 1994, which IS one of my 2 favorite airplanes along with the F-15 which I was a mechanic on in the U.S. Air Force for 12 of my 21 years of service. I also was a mechanic on U-2's at RAF Alconbury. I think the Mosquito and the Hornet are gorgeous airplanes. And, Midnight, I think all of the German airplanes of WWII are also beautiful. I love the 262, the 190, 109, etc. No disrespect was intended. Just my personal experience opinion on the P-38 and F-15.
They’re also my 2 personal favorites.
Two turbosupercharged Allison engines with counter rotating props. The Curtis P-40 had the great Allison engine, but it was not turbosupercharged. Kelly Johnson mastermind.
Not all versions had counterrotating props, and not all versions had turbosuperchargers.
UA-camr Stapleton42 interviews a guy in the seattle area thts been rebuilding Allisons and Merlins for powerboats for 50 years and he feels the allison is a better engine.
This is a P-38. The P-40 is a single engine fighter
Wow! Music to the ears!
The 38 is really a quiet aircraft compared with most. My #2 favorite. Thanks for posting without music.
Agreed. Caught one at an airshow god knows how long ago - p47, bearcat, Texan a6 Zero replica(tora tora tora), all bellering to beat hell, p38 goes zipping by, almost silent by comparison
The Fork Tail Devil.
That thing is dope!
The Admiral Yamamoto death machine..
I know that technically modern engines like turbo props are more efficient, but those old warbirds sound so delicious LOL
Besides the one Howard crashed that’s pretty much the baddest twin piston in the skies. The two remaining Howard 500’s are pretty freaking amazing too!
This is orgasmic, seeing and hearing these war birds fire up and fly. 😀
Great sound, but without the right prop blur these vids are hard to watch sometimes.
Vertical shutters on phones.
Where is the P38 home airport? Torrance airport was a P38 base back in the day. I have never been aware of a P 38 visiting Torrance over the 65 years I have lived in the South Bay. I wonder if we will ever see one come to Torrance in the future.
Chino, Planes Of Fame museum
When I was growing up in Torrance in the 1970s there was a P-51 that often flew out of that airport. I wonder if it's still there?
@@adamadkins9210 Yes the P-51 you are talking about was likely the one and only Bob Hoover. Bob also had a shrike commander. The P-51 was Yellow in color with Rockwell logos on the wings. When he came back from a weekend air show, Bob would come in hot from the north heading south and circle his home pulling back on the power then power up over his Palos Verdes home to let the family know he was back in town. our family lived in South Torrance at the beach and frequently would catch the arrival as well. No cell phones at the time. . Bobs plain is now in the Smithsonian.
@@tonyczuleger4591 Thanks so much for your reply! Very nice to know something about the plane that was making all of the very "stout" noises climbing out of Torrance airport while I was was walking the dog. We lived in the apartments on 235th Street where the Little League fields used to be.
Whispering Death.
I think you are confusing the P-38 with the British made Bristol Beaufighter That plane was nicknamed "Whispering Death" as its engines were so quiet.
@@Loulovesspeed The Japanese and I are not confused. Look it up.
@@deruberschwarze3943 - No confusion here, I knew the correct names but looked them up anyway. The P-38 nickname was German - Der Gabelshwanz Teufel - which translates to The Fork-Tailed Devil. The Whispering Death moniker belonged SOLELY to the Bristol Beaufighter. The F4u Corsair was called whistling death because the wing root air inlets for the engines made a high pitch whistling sound in a dive! Suggest you go back and research some more because I am 100% positive that I am correct!
@@Loulovesspeed I stand corrected.
@@deruberschwarze3943 - Thank you for being respectful with your reply! I have found there are some positive aspects of getting older and I enjoy them more every year! I'm 75 and my true love is sports car racing and its history, But WWII fighter aircraft are a solid second! I knew and met several times at Lime Rock Park road racing course, a gentleman named John Fitch, who was a well known road racing driver in the post war era. In WWII, he flew P-51 Mustangs over German held areas and also performed pilot training for the Army Air Corps. John was one of the first Americans to shoot down an ME-262 jet as it was taking off! He later on was strafing a German supply train and made an "ill advised 3rd pass" on it and was shot down. He spent the last few months of the war in a POW Camp. Ironically, he became the only American driver to be placed on the Mercedes Benz Factory Race Team in the early 1950s! All the best to you sir!
pof P38 came out just for this small event ?
There's a connection to Kunkle Field, so yes.
The props aren’t turning.
i think its a camera effect with frame rate or something
A season 2 episode of Black Sheep Squadron features 2 P-38's along with the usual 6 F-4U's. Those poor modified T-6's trying to be Zeros must have had a tough time! You see the F-4U's with flaps down in many dogfight scenes trying to fly slow enough.