P-38 has always been one of my favorite airplanes.

Miraculous aircraft and very clear and (mostly) steady camera work. The only detraction is the announcer talking over the sounds of these warbirds.

Both are beautiful planes. Thanks to the people who have kept them flying this long for your kids to see in their lifetime. Salute to you.

It's so beautiful to look at!!!....it looks fast just sitting there0!!!!

Beautiful ship. Another Kelly Johnson home run.

Many, many hours went into polishing those two aircraft! What fabulous airplanes!

It's twoo, it's twoo! The two engines turn opposite directions!

These are both beautiful planes. I would love to have seen them taking off into the sky.

The narrator said B17, but that 2nd plane is a B25.

2:04 She can only DREAM to have had a radar like that back in the day. :P

Used to see this Lightning in west Houston back in the mid-eighties. It was a racer named White Lightning and belonged to Lefty Gardner. Been crashed once too, if memory serves. Deadsticked into a plowed field I believe.

This plane really scared the germans.

Beautiful P-38. I would not want to fly that. I would want that in my living room, we're I can stare at it nightly.

MAGNIFICENT FLYING MACHINES.👍

In the late 50’s we built models, this was my favorite.

Formerly known as White Lightnin' and flown by Lefty Gardner with the Confederate Air Force.

The Lightning in it's prototype iteration had problems with stability as a gun platform. She was regarded a squirrely and always hunting for a stable flight line. Turns out the way the props rotated. Originally the port engine rotated counter clockwise (looking toward the nose) and starboard engine rotated clockwise, resulting in poor airflow around the fuselage. They reversed the engines and the problem was solved.

I think the Yamamoto family desendants have pix of the "Fork-Tailed Devil" hanging on their walls. Was it the only multi-engine plane with counter-rotating props? Both warbirds are absolutely pristine and spotless.

Lightning is so quiet with the exhaust going through that turbo

I saw this plane in harligen Texas in the 1970s if memory serves me well. That is a beautiful aircraft

The engines always seem to be reluctant to start.

Magnificent !!

Beautiful airplane!

Thanks Dick Bong!

Was Lefty Gardner's white P-38 racer. I up close when it was in Santa Maria CA.

America's greatest preidentual escort.

As one man in a brown coat said once or twice, Shiny!

When I was growing up there was a friend of my family that flew a P-38 in WWII

I like shiny aluminum airplanes. What a beauty

“Fork tailed devil” !!

red bull kills it

My Dad flew the P-38. Where is the airplane located?

Always strange, the strobe effect of the camera making it look like the engines are just barely turning over.

Glad I don’t have to polish all that aluminum!😮

Does it go faster if you polish it?

where can i see this plane ?

Startup without a fire extinguisher?

did you notice that the props turn in opposite directions

F or G?

Very good video, really enjoyed it.. However these are Vintage WWII Birds and they should stay vintage... Why does "Red Bull" have to put there name on it... Really takes away from the beauty of the plane. I can see them doing it on there modern planes, but not on Classic WWII Birds!

To bad someone is talking.

This aircraft would look so much better not so highly polished. It's a shame.

Audio terrible. A directional mike would help.

Blah blah blah blah blah Vs Engine sounds

Shame about the polished finish. Too liberace. This was a war bird, please treat it with respect