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Michel Lemieux
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Test bed for offset pilot position.

Lockheed 222 RP-38 Lightning

Rigging the flight controls must have been something!!!!!

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From the BERNHARD C.F. KLEIN COLLECTION on http://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/KleinBernhard/8588.htm

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01/31/2008. Remarks from Bernhard Klein: "In 1944 Wright Field technicians removed the turbo-supercharger section from the left engine of the first production P-38 and installed a fully equipped cockpit instead. This was done to test the off-center piloting of an aircraft. Results were satisfactory and information was then used for the North American P-82 Twin Mustang. The aircraft was scrapped at Bush Field, Georgia, on May 7, 1945."


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:shock: well... thats... just... odd

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Calling Mr. Burt Rutan, your P-38 is ready..... :D

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Okay, so who's gonna be the first modeler to scratch-build this one?

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Must have been a tight fit for the pilot when the gear came up - thus the tall canopy?

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Must have been a tight fit for the pilot when the gear came up - thus the tall canopy?


The pilot actually sat on the tire :lol:
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