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MKD1966
 Post subject: Re: Two seat P38 ?
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Question for the brain trust - were there ever any P38s with a jump seat giving rides on the airshow circuit ?

An acquaintance of mine claims he flew in one many years ago. I'm skeptical, and I want to win my free beer from him :D


Your friend just won the beer !!! The Planes of Fame P-38 "Skidoo" has a very small area that a passenger can fit into... Mike :drink3:
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MKD1966 wrote:
wingmanjim wrote:
Question for the brain trust - were there ever any P38s with a jump seat giving rides on the airshow circuit ?

An acquaintance of mine claims he flew in one many years ago. I'm skeptical, and I want to win my free beer from him :D


Your friend just won the beer !!! The Planes of Fame P-38 "Skidoo" has a very small area that a passenger can fit into... Mike :drink3:



Others have given rides over the years as well...Gary Levitz...Lefty Gardner...

Some pics here:

http://www.aafo.com/hangartalk/showthre ... n-a-P-38!!!


And some youtube of a "Skidoo" rider:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR0dlSXF05k

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The Planes of Fame P-38 "Skidoo" has a very small area that a passenger can fit into... Mike :drink3:

IIRC, Mudge was excited about the possibility of a ride in "Skidoo"...until the reality of "square peg, round hole" became apparent...Mudge was no small fellow.

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Didn't the CAF P-38 Scatterbrain Kid have a rear M Model style jump seat?
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Didn't the CAF P-38 Scatterbrain Kid have a rear M Model style jump seat?

Yep, Scatterbrain Kid II with a seat in the glass nose making it a 3-seater.

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Jesse C. wrote:
Didn't the CAF P-38 Scatterbrain Kid have a rear M Model style jump seat?

Oh, and to clarify things Jesse, Scatterbrain Kid did, but it was not a CAF aircraft.

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I believe the seat mod for Scatterbrain Kid II came from the P-38M that was at the Champlian Museum when they made her back into a one seater.
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It would be cool to see a P-38M flying! Although, maybe it is just me, nothing makes me more nauseous faster than sitting under Plexiglas in full sun with no air movement - 'Crack the canopy please!' That is what I thought of those photos of being stuffed into the jump seat and the P-38M radar operators seat.

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