Der Gabelshwanz Teufel Early 70s?

astixjr · **Posted:** Thu May 10, 2007 10:12 pm

Check out those pants. I'm not yet twenty one in this photo so I guess that's a Coke in my hand and not a Bud longneck. I'm thinking this was taken about 35 years ago, maybe in Iowa? There were not very many warbirds in the midwest back then so I have some vivid memories of this plane, it was always the star of the flightline. I seem to recall that Bill Ross never flew this thing without his light blue flightsuit. I've lost track of this plane, where is it now?

T J Johansen · **Posted:** Thu May 10, 2007 10:40 pm

Went to Lone Star in Texas, recently purchased by Tom Blair.

T J

Ztex · **Posted:** Thu May 10, 2007 11:08 pm

That's great! super pants!

Gotta love P-38's in the 70's
Another snappy dresser...

JimH · **Posted:** Thu May 10, 2007 11:22 pm

This isn't a P-38 shot, but Bill Ross was at Rickenbacker this year (1976) with his P-38. I am not at home to scan these photos...but I have a similar shot of me in front of Der Gable.... I remember falling in love with the Mustang this particular year. My dad, who I lost this past April made this photo for me after I flew Crazy Horse back in 94. Those were great times!

Swiss Mustangs · **Posted:** Fri May 11, 2007 7:12 am

@ astixjr: these were taken around the same time as yours... note the blue flight-suit....

Martin

Elroy13 · **Posted:** Fri May 11, 2007 5:04 pm

Here she is at Lone Star.

astixjr · **Posted:** Tue May 15, 2007 11:04 pm

Found this in the same box with the P-38 photo. Probably taken 30+ years ago. That's me in the tail gun seat of my father's Tora Tora Tora Kate replica (N3725G). I was really mad at him when I came home one evening and discovered that he had sold this old clunker. No wonder I can't shake the warbird thing, clearly I imprinted on them as a child.

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