Odd P-38

[Michel Lemieux]

Test bed for offset pilot position.

Lockheed 222 RP-38 Lightning

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





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

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."

[dirtysidedown430]

Neat

[Scott Rose]

well... thats... just... odd

[JohnB]

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

[K5DH]

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

[Chris Brame]

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

[Michel Lemieux]

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