Two seat P38 ?

[MKD1966]

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

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

[Dan K]

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

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

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

Last edited by Dan K on Fri Jul 21, 2017 7:33 am, edited 1 time in total.

[airnutz]

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

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.

[Jesse C.]

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

[airnutz]

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.

[airnutz]

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.

[Jerry O'Neill]

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.
Jerry

[wendovertom]

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.

Tom P.

[Lon Moer]

http://www.warbirdregistry.org/p38registry/p38-4453097.html

[PeterA]

Here from 1974.



...and a view from the back seat over Frank Strickler's shoulder.



PeterA



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