The Red Bull P-38 Lightning

[Cedric]

Just ran across this short bit on Red Bull's restoration of the P-38, my favorite WWII aircraft. The P-51 gets much deserved attention, but keep in mind our top two aces in WWII flew P-38s.

 

[Jester560]

They're beautiful aircraft. Deadly in the right hands.

 

[Grayfox]

I read a story some years back that said that the P-38s great advantage was the placement of its guns. In conventional fighters of the time, the guns were out on the wings. Pilots of the time had to learn to judge distance and angles to hit enemy planes.
The P-38s guns were directly in front of the pilot. All he had to do was point the nose at what he wanted to shoot.

 

[Talyn]

Probably a "very" late made "H" model.

 

[powerboatr]

SEXY aircraft