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P-38 Lightning Demo/Hangar Talk at Planes of Fame Air Museum on November 2nd

October 31, 2024 Moreno Aguiari 0

Experience History in Action This Saturday at Planes of Fame. Join Planes of Fame this Saturday for “Hangar Talk” and an exciting “Flying Demo” of the WWII Lockheed P-38 “Lightning” fighter, along with the judging of the 7th Annual Ed Maloney Scale Model Contest! […]

P 38J Marge 42 103993 left side of the nose with Captain Richard I. Bong seated in the cockpit

Pacific Wrecks’ Led Expedition Finds Richard Bong’s P-38 in South Pacific

May 24, 2024 Moreno Aguiari 3

Researchers announced on Thursday that they have likely found the wreckage of World War II ace Richard Bong’s plane in the South Pacific. The aircraft is a Lockheed P-38J-15-LO Serial Number 42-103993, assigned to the […]

Lockheed P 38E Lightning Glacier Girl Chino California

Glacier Girl on Display at Lone Star Flight Museum, Special Event January 11

December 27, 2023 Zac Yates 0

By Zac Yates The most famous flying Lockheed P-38 Lightning, Lewis Air Legends’ Glacier Girl, is on museum display for the first time at the Lone Star Flight Museum in Houston, Texas. One of six […]

P-38 Lightning Demo/Hangar Talk at Planes of Fame Air Museum on April 1st

March 29, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 1

This Saturday, April 1st the Planes of Fame Air Museum will fly another of their most popular aircraft – the crowd-thrilling Lockheed P-38J Lightning, s/n 44-23314. Please don’t worry… this is not an “April Fools” joke! […]

Lockheed XP 38 Lightning 37 457 at March Field Riverside County California January 1939. San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive

Today in Aviation History: First Flight of The XP-38 Lightning

January 27, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On January 27, 1939, First Lieutenant Benjamin Scovill Kelsey, Air Corps, United States Army, made the first flight of the prototype Lockheed XP-38 Lightning, serial number […]

Fagen Fighters P 40 Warhawk Aleutian TIger McVicker

Fagen Fighters’ Photo Mission

June 17, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

Fagen Fighters WWII Museum hosted Scott Slocum’s AeroMedia Group this past weekend, which was packed with flying and aerial photography. Everyone at the museum expressed how much they appreciated the time and talent Slocum and his crew gave […]

Fagen Fighters’ P-38 Lightning Makes First Flight Since 2018

June 14, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

Following a particularly in-depth inspection, Fagen Fighters WWII Museum flew their Lockheed P-38L Lightning Scatt III on June 9th; the first flight the aircraft has made since 2018. In addition to the P-38, the museum’s P-51D Sweet […]

Live Demonstration Flight of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning at Planes of Fame

June 3, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

This Saturday, June 5, 2021 the Planes of Fame Air Museum will be hosting a Flying Demo with the flight of the Museum’s Lockheed P-38 “Lightning” fighter. The event begins at 11:45am with a brief […]

Lockheed P 38 Lightning both nacelles trial fitted successfully

Lightnings Downunder – P-38 Restoration Report

January 19, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

Our good friend John Parker from WarbirdsOnline recently visited Historical Aircraft Restoration Ltd’s workshop in Albion Park, New South Wales, Australia. The workshop sits inside one of the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society’s hangars and is run […]

P-38 Lightning’s Restoration Update

November 9, 2020 Moreno Aguiari 1

It has been a while since we have reported about the three Lockheed P-38 Lightnings currently under restoration in Australia. Our good friend John Parker from WarbirdsOnline recently visited Historical Aircraft Restorations Ltd.’s workshop in Albion […]

Lockheed P-38 Lightning