The best and most Beatuifull twin-boomer!!

[Souichiro]

And it's DUTCH!! So it's not like i'm prejudiced or something like that It's the lovely Fokker G-1 a twin boom fighter/bomber used in the early days of the war!! I think it's a beauty. I am really happy to ad this here plane to the hangars! thanks Mr Ito!


















What's also funny is the description. Something like: This plane was made to hunt in the Netherlands and was later converted into a bomber. All I gotta say against that is: "Come here little rabbit"

[Omag 2.0]

You won't eat much rabit using 250 pounders... lol!

Great shots... strange plane...

Omag

[lemoncat]

lovely stuff Souichiro..iv'e been flying around in it today, another interesting model from mr ito...iv'e only just touched down in his last release

[sir_crashalot]

Great shots, Souichiro. Flying another plane like this myself at the moment, the Nord2502.

Crash

[Craig.]

cool pics:)

[Airbus_eurofighter]

Isnt it a P-38
i thought it!

Zitin

[marick626]

I for one think is ugly as hell... but thats just my thought .

good shots

[Bubblehead]

Reminds me of the P-61 Black Widow of WWII (Pacific) fame.

Bubblehead

[chomp_rock]

FYI the p38 is the best twin boomer...

[Souichiro]

People People this one is the forrunner of the P-38 it was ahead of it's time!! Too bad none exist now

[SeaNorris.]

Well the Here is a brief history to the P-38's madien flight:
The XP-38, 37-457, was built under tight secrecy and made its maiden flight on January 27, 1939, with Air Corps test pilot and P-38 project officer, Lt. Benjamin S. Kelsey, at the controls. The P-38's performance justified Lockheed's investment of nearly $6,000,000 of its own funds to complete the prototype. The Army was so delighted with the big new fighter, it lifted the wraps of secrecy from the plane for a transcontinental speed dash on February 11, 1939. This event was marred by a crash when Kelsey undershot the runway at Mitchell Field, NY. Kelsey survived the crash and remained an important part of the Lightning program. The airplane was written off, but Lockheed received a contract for thirteen YP-38s along with the usual list of improvements.

The XP-38 had been powered by two liquid cooled, Allison V-1710 engines turning 11 1/2 foot Curtiss Electric, inward turning, counter-rotating propellers. With the YP-38s and all subsequent Lightings, the propellers rotated outward negating torque when both engines were operating (A batch ordered by Britain did not have counter-rotating propellers.) One XP-38A was built with a pressurized cabin. Armament on the YPs was altered by replacement of two of the .50s with .30s, and the 20 mm cannon gave way to a 37 mm. But even before the YP-38s were completed, the original machine gun arrangement was standardized for production types. The first production order was 35 P-38Ds, followed by 210 P-3XEs which reverted back to the 20 mm cannon. These planes began to arrive in October 1941, just before America entered World War II. With the P-38D came self sealing fuel tanks and armor protection for the pilot. The Lightning was ready for war!

[Souichiro]

This one was designed in 36 and went to the Paris air salon in that same year. It was the star Of the show. Because of the then proposed 8 guns in the nose the Plane was nicknamed the Reaper and Le Faucheur which means the mower. First Flight was in March of 38.

[Bubblehead]

After the liberation of the Philippines in WWII,  as a child I used to sit inside the cockpit and played pilot in one of the downed P38s in fields nearby. I remembered distinctly that it had wheel type control vs. a joystick.  Can anyone tell me why the P38s were primarily used in the Pacific instead of in Europe?

Bubblehead

[Ivan]

More challenging enemy... the Japs were far from beaten until the very end

[Souichiro]

I suppose the Pacific would need a more trusty plane with all the Island hopping. The P-38 would suit that with it's 2 engines