Lockheed P-38 Lightning
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Nov 2, 2026
George BronsteinGUEST
The body style came out in 48, but they didn't have the overhead valve V8 engine perfected at that time.
George BronsteinGUEST
But it was modeled after the P-38 fighter plane, the twin beam.
George BronsteinGUEST
That's where the big tail fins come from.
George BronsteinGUEST
They copied that fighter plane from World War
George BronsteinGUEST
The body style came out in 48, but they didn't have the overhead valve V8 engine perfected at that time.
George BronsteinGUEST
But it was modeled after the P-38 fighter plane, the twin beam.
George BronsteinGUEST
That's where the big tail fins come from.
George BronsteinGUEST
They copied that fighter plane from World War
Sean StarkerHOST
We'll catch up with Leslie Pobrezny, who was almost born at Oshkosh.
Sean StarkerHOST
And Pilot Doma tells us about 45 hours over the North Atlantic and about a scale P-38 pilot named Bill who went looking for his flock.
Sean StarkerHOST
So grab your headset, preferably a quiet one, but not too quiet, and let's go.
Sean StarkerHOST
Here's something that seems kind of obvious.
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Sean StarkerHOST
But sometimes the diversion is the best part, and the friends.
Sean StarkerHOST
Like Bill.
Sean StarkerHOST
Bill owns a two-thirds scale P-38 Lightning, a twin boom World War II fighter.
Sean StarkerHOST
He'd been nervous about flying into Oshkosh alone.
ConorHOST
100%.
RobHOST
Just off the top of my head, they've had the flying balls and they had the P-38 do its own solo display at the festival flight, which is not done that regularly anywhere else.
RobHOST
They had the MiG flew there at some point, didn't they? Yep.
RobHOST
The summer air show, I believe that was.
Lee RayHOST
I paid him right away and met up with him.
Lee RayHOST
And I now have another flight line P-38 in my arsenal, this time the silver one.
Lee RayHOST
So yes, Terry's cars.
Lee RayHOST
Well, I mean, what would you say Fitz would be zeros, right? Well, like you said, 049s, zeros.
Charles RotzlerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Inside, outside, I guess it looks, you know, kind of raunchy, but inside it's beautiful.
Dan SnowNARRATOR
Alongside the thunderbolts of the mighty eighth was the unique Lockheed P-38 Lightning.
Dan SnowNARRATOR
The first production military aircraft to come from the California manufacturer, the P-38 incorporated a number of technical firsts.
Dan SnowNARRATOR
With a US Army design specification of 360 miles per hour, it was the first single-seat fighter to have twin engines, the first all-metal aeroplane, and the first fighter with a tricycle undercarriage and twin boom configuration.
Nic PalmerGUEST
Like pick a war hero and be like, hey, here's...
Nic PalmerGUEST
Richard Bong, he's a P-38 pilot in the Pacific.
Nic PalmerGUEST
Why is he in the Pacific? Pearl Harbor happened.
Nic PalmerGUEST
What was Pearl Harbor? It was this.
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Nic PalmerGUEST
you.
Nic PalmerGUEST
And, uh, he basically, uh, has this giant alligator swimming towards him.
Nic PalmerGUEST
And Dick Bong, Richard Bong, swoops down in his P-38 and strays an alligator.
Nic PalmerGUEST
You can't call him Dick Bong
Shane PendergastGUEST
There's a few around in some museums somewhere.
Shane PendergastGUEST
You know, Spitfires and P-51 Mustangs and P-38
BruceHOST
Lightnings and stuff are all good-looking planes, but this isn't.
BruceHOST
It's got a face only a mother could love.
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