I'm working on a new p-38 model. My first model wasn't very detailed.

I've been on Google image swirl and found some great pictures. Here's a picture of a p-38 night fighter, a Marge inspired by Richard Bong and his wife marge, and a Bomba Dear

I have to have a bibliography for my project.


1. p-38 Ace pilots of WW2, www.acepilots.com. June 2nd 2010
2. p-38 lightning, American aircraft of WW2, www.Daveswarbirds.com. June 1st 2010
3. The Forked tailed devil, p-38, www.military.com. June 4thc 2010
4. Michal Birmingham, Reconnaissance Planes, copyright 1987, San Diego: Puffin Publishing. page 35

I'm ending my blog soon, but if all my folowers would please answer my questions! I need answers or comments or really anything i have some pics and a viedo in my next post if you want to see it i'l always be here

If you want to learn more on the p-38 lightning go to www.daveswarbirds.com I learned so much information from this site for example the p38's gun reaches from the inside to 20mm to the outside.

Here are some question that I would like my followers to answer.

1. Why does the p-38 have a tricycle like landing gear?
2. Why does the p-38 have two engines especially in the front?
3. Why it the p-38 called lightning?
4. Why did the British want to help build the p-38 ?
5. What are some types of the p-38?
6. Why did the p-38 bomb tanks?

Please answer these question! I need information!
Thank You

I'm learning that the p-38 lightning has a better reputation that I thought. One p-38 shot down a plane carrying Admiral Yamamoto. The same person who devised the bombing of Pearl Harbor Hawaii. Here are some of the specifications.

Length: 37' 10" (11.53 m)
Height: 12' 10" (3.91 m)
Wingspan: 52' 0" (15.85 m)
Wing area: 328 sq. ft (30.47 sq. m)
Empty Weight: 11780 lbs (5342 kg)
Gross Weight: 14456 lbs (6556 kg)
Max Weight: 15500 lbs (7029 kg)

Can you believe it. The max weight was 15500 kg. that's heavy. I'm getting to where I've shared all the information I can give. But I'm still researching

Another thing I've learned is that the p-38 was one of the strongest plane in World War 2 besides the a-10 Warthog, because of it's exterior plates and double engines. Most planes today have a stealth exterior plate, but the p-38 and a-10 were the strongest planes possibly ever made. Planes back then were not very fancy. Most like the p-51 Mustang were a spitting image of the Wright brother first model of an airplane!!! Like all planes even cars have a cooler that keeps the engine from overheating, but the the p-38 was the only World War 2 plane that used liquid Nitrogen as the substance. It Boils at 321 degrees Fahrenheit! that's so col that if you stick your hand in it and then bang it on a table it will break... and it's boiling! the p-38 cost more then $6,000,000 dollars! I have a video on what the p-38 lightning was like check it out