When.com Web Search

  1. Ads

    related to: flightline p 38 for sale

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. List of surviving Lockheed P-38 Lightnings - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_surviving_Lockheed...

    P-38L 44-53232 at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. The Lockheed P-38 Lighting is an American two-engine fighter used by the United States Army Air Forces and other Allied air forces during World War II. Of the 10,037 planes built, 26 survive today, 22 of which are located in the United States, and 10 of which are airworthy.

  3. Lockheed P-38 Lightning - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_P-38_Lightning

    The Lockheed Corporation designed the P-38 in response to a February 1937 specification from the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). Circular Proposal X-608 was a set of aircraft performance goals authored by First Lieutenants Benjamin S. Kelsey and Gordon P. Saville for a twin-engined, high-altitude "interceptor" having "the tactical mission of interception and attack of hostile aircraft at ...

  4. Mitchell Wing P-38 - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell_Wing_P-38

    Data from Cliche and the Virtual Ultralight Museum General characteristics Crew: one Length: 17 ft (5.2 m) Wingspan: 28 ft (8.5 m) Height: 5 ft (1.5 m) Wing area: 120 sq ft (11 m 2) Empty weight: 220 lb (100 kg) Gross weight: 700 lb (318 kg) Fuel capacity: 5 U.S. gallons (19 L; 4.2 imp gal) Powerplant: 1 × Cuyuna 430R twin cylinder, two-stroke aircraft engine, 35 hp (26 kW) Performance ...

  5. List of Lockheed P-38 Lightning operators - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Lockheed_P-38...

    Italian P-38s made their operational debut on 9 September 1948, when a single F-5 took photographs of objectives in the Balkans. [6] Because of the big dimensions of this fighter, the old engines, and pilot errors, a very high number of P-38s were lost in accidents. At least thirty crashes of P-38s in Italian service claimed a number of victims.

  6. Hamilton Field (Hamilton AFB) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_Field_(Hamilton_AFB)

    The GSA public sale occurred in 1985, and finally, in December 1988, the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Commission recommended closure of the last 700 acres (2.8 km 2) of government land at what was then called Hamilton Army Airfield. In 1995, the acreage held by the Army was transferred to the New Hamilton Partnership and public/private ...

  7. Lockheed XP-58 Chain Lightning - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_XP-58_Chain_Lightning

    Lockheed P-38 Lightning The Lockheed XP-58 Chain Lightning was an American long-range fighter developed during World War II . Although derived from the successful P-38 Lightning , the XP-58 was plagued by technical problems with its engines that eventually led to the project's cancellation.

  1. Ad

    related to: flightline p 38 for sale