P-38 LIGHTNING DOCUMENTARY

[@freemanreed5228]

I believe the pilot is Jeff Ethel. Sadly he passed in a P-38 crash a few years ago. Excellent video. RIP.

[@tomwarger7209]

This is one of the best how-it-flies videos ever made.

[@johnasti7429]

This is a killer video!!! You did an outstanding job!!! I left the world for 24 minutes and loved it!!! Thanks!!

[@northwestprof60]

RIP Jeff. We all miss you.

[@joevanseeters2873]

Excellent commentary from the Pilot. No doubt whatsoever this pilot is an EXPERT aviator. Just on his expertise in the nomenclature of this P-38 Lightning, start up procedures, and take off explanation. This is without a doubt one of the most beautiful (and advanced) aircraft of WWII. A lot of people tout the P-51 Mustang as the greatest plane of WWII, but the lightning seemed to be a more "all around" versatile plane in both recon and fighting. It could really do it all. Most pilots called it the "Cadillac of the Sky" or what we would now call the "Ferrari of the Sky". It could fly faster than most any other plane, dog fight, ground strafe, take pictures, drop bombs, and do things that most other aircraft of the era could not. And that steering wheel design is gorgeous! Turn the wheel, plane goes that way, turn it back, plane goes back. It seems easier than a stick design but i'm not a pilot so I wouldn't know. I would say in beauty, this plane is on par with the Vought F4U Corsair with those swept back wings and incredible navy blue color they used on the Corsair's.

[@michaeldobson8859]

Great tutorial on the flying basics for this fantastic plane. I think it was the best twin engine fighter of its time. Such a capable aircraft.

[@Returned2Forever]

One of my relatives flew one of these in ww2. He flew 81 missions over germany and never lost a man. Was originally a motorcycle highway patrolman in oregon. Trained for this aircraft in tulare, ca...last name of Oldham.

[@1OldYellerandRob.]

Love the P38 . My father was a flight mechanic for the P38 during WW he also love the plane . Told some good story’s . Thank you

[@mhert-ii7vd]

My dad was an engineer on TBM Avenger and Wildcat. I appreciate the operational aspects of P38. I’d like more of this on other aircraft. Thx MBH🛫😎

[@BradTaplin]

My father Richard G. Taplin (Dick) flew one of these on recon, months out of a Minneapolis high school and then quick training in Miami, over the South China Sea in 1944. That experience, among others of a child of the Depression, made him - well - almost indomitable. RIP (1999). I am generally liberal and antiwar, but I respected his service.

[@fjb4932]

We have the remmenants of a once Great Freedom because such men lived.

[@johnhughes1704]

How have i just seen this video! Best so far , Limey P38 fan over here!

[@atomicdmt8763]

outstanding! THANKS for the ride along~

[@jamesbroughton7870]

I just got done reading a book about Joe Foss and his adventures in the P 38 and this just really made it come off to Life I wish I watched it before the book but it was great to see it thank you

[@ryansta]

Brilliant documentary though, perfect, just perfect no silly voice overs or dramatic music and graphics. Talking facts with the courtesy that the viewer has a brain and interest in the subject. Not like the trash made today. Thank you for sharing.

[@michaelmorrison687]

I have loved the P-38 since my dad, a USAF fighter pilot, told me many stories of the men who flew the Lightening and their achievements.

[@joeblow5037]

65 years old and my favorite bird since I was a teen....... and I did 4 in the Corps working on the F-4J. 😎

[@Musique61414]

The best ! 🎉

[@JT-gq8wv]

Nicely Done. Thanks for sharing.

[@vanbilly8387]

So many of the planes during that era were works of art.

[@shoe2241]

GREAT VIDEO !!! you gotta watch this !!

[@Stromzilla]

Outstanding video!! Thank you for sharing

[@MartinSage]

Thanks for the ride.

[@BobSmith-dk8nw]

Well. That was a nice fly through. .

[@davidwitter3986]

Brilliant! Love it all

[@raymonddavis8810]

Gorgeous plane.

[@gypcsol54]

My Father built those planes in the South Pacific and N Africa ❤️🇺🇸 My Hero 🤩🤠🌹

[@bonniecriswell238]

My Dad flew this plane out of King's Cliffe England. His plane was "Black Barney."

[@feldwebel7734]

excellent vid

[@daveculver4350]

Always watched his Roaring Glory vids. he seemed so knowledgeable. Odd that this happened to him.

[@michaelsarkisian1047]

Thank you I've since seen it.

[@Overkill06]

I understand that a lot of the problems that the P38 had were with the reduction gear boxes. Also, maintaining equal manifold pressures was a challenge.

[@nkaujmhoob3432]

This is great plaen

[@Usmcar15682]

This and the corsair are my favorite

[@ridermak4111]

HOLY COW ! You went through the starting procedure like you had many hours in this airplane. Then your many reactions once airborne indicated virginity. Really ? 👊😎 🤜🤛

[@jameshenry3530]

I wonder if the turbochargers are even functional in this particular P-38. These items are very complex and demanding of maintenance. Since they only fly at relatively low altitudes for aerial display, it is easier and cheaper to simply remove the turbochargers.

[@dubsy1026]

Annoyingly enough the late Lightnings automated everything and even took the overspeed lights off, so it's hard to tell

[@JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe]

Great but reference and detail of Lightning service over Germany. Different versions early and late. Finally an objective reporting of Maj Thomas Mcguire last mission Thanks!

[@dannydavis8889]

How responsive was it to the controls. Was it hard to roll? How hard was it to pull the nose up without trim input?

[@HighMaintenancePS]

Did you not watch the video?

[@ezee2daz]

Built in Burbank California, where the Target is now.

[@erickaba1504]

who is this guy? great pilot!

[@AVIATIONANDTECHNOLOGY]

Jeff Quitney

[@chrismoody1342]

I’ll take two.

[@hfdennycheng9010]

ON 9 SEPTEMBER, 1943. THE IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY AIR FORCE LEADER, 中薗盛孝. HE WAS KILLED BY A P-38G OVER CANTON/GUANGZHOU, CHINA

[@MustangDarkHorse]

*The Narrator Jeff Ethel was Killed Flying a newly Restored P-38 in 1997* *The NTSB concluded that, he was un-Able to Switch Fuel Tanks when it became necessary* *Similar to what happened to John Denver*

[@paulsmith8356]

Sadly, this P38 crashed, killing this pilot. There are now only 6 flyable P38's in the world, out of more than 10,000 produced.

[@hfdennycheng9010]

中薗盛孝, THE IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY AIR FORCE LEADER. ON 9 SEPTEMBER, 1943, HE WAS KILLED BY A P-38G OVER CANTON/GUANGZHOU, CHINA

[@lang1031]

Turn the gain up when making these. The volume is too low.

[@jorgenelsonfelix52]

Que le sucedió al sonido

[@michaelsarkisian1047]

I still wonder how much better it would have been if they had put Merlins in it?

[@dubsy1026]

They tried that, the answer is in the order of 10-20mph iirc

[@trentjensen96]

There's actually a video on KZbin on why they didn't use the Merlin.

[@kenneth9874]

None

[@dysnomia-anarchia]

Blue2 P-38 Pacific Fighter Pilot interview: @

[@Shelby-Ecoboost-Raptor-550hp]

*Ironic that the Narrator in this Video,* *Died in a P-38 Crash*

[@mmouseav8r402]

When I was a kid I wanted to be Jeffrey Ethell. RIP.

[@thedude69692009]

did he die in this very p38

[@trentjensen96]

@@thedude69692009 yes, it was in this same plane, about a month after they were done filming this.

[@thedude69692009]

That really sucks I loved his view on aircraft and how things where loved him on wings as a kid I used to have the entire wings collection on video I would record weekday wings but they are long lost i have found a lot of them on KZbin but I know there where many more episodes I will never find i do miss Jeffery he was a one of a kind

[@T8ERS]

Too bad Ethel augered in flying a P38.

[@EnterpriseXI]

Very tragic this guy end up getting killed in a P-38. Cause of the crash is believed to be fuel starvation and pilot error

[@thedude69692009]

was this the p38 he died in

[@thebushwolf710]

If it was the P-38 he died in, the fucking plane would be spoons or scattered metal somewhere in europe :/

[@Pilotc180]

This is the P38 he died in at Tillamook, Oregon

[@ryansta]

Fantastic plane, but all the while can't help being bothered by that mustache very distracting either grow it or shave it all off !

[@fjb4932]

Ryan sounds like my 4th ex-wife. Bitchin' . Another reason she's my ex . . .

[@dennisschell5543]

Where's the sound?!? 😠