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Pat Carry
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Anyone know if restoration is taking place on this P-38?

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I dont think anything will happen to this airframe until the P-82 situation is resolved.

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Are the remains still being held in San Marcos?
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With all the flip flops on the P-82/P-38 trades and nontrades is the CAF still the owner of Scatterbrain Kid II?


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Didn't it belong to a guy up in Minnesota?

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I thought Frye was part of the original swap but since the P-82 was returned to the CAF maybe the P-38 was too, but I am not sure on this.


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Is there enough left to restore. The story I had heard was that it was pretty badly twisted up and would essentiallly require completly replaceing 90% of the airframe to get her in the air again???

Anyone have any better info.

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Just looking for an update to the whole SNAFU. (if any)

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Is it just the camera angle or is this a 2 seater? That gondola looks quite large to me.

Mudge the vision impaired :shock:

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P-38M cockpit mudge and that nasty survey nose.

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and that nasty survey nose.

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Would be awsome to see this one restored as a night fighter, complete with the radar pod under the nose! 8)

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"P-38M cockpit mudge and that nasty survey nose."
Is that a "yes" or a "no" to my 2 seater question?

Mudge the dense :oops:

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Mudge,

Yes, the "M" is a two-seater. The radar operator sat in that little space behind the pilot.

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