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Lightning by Treflyn Lloyd-Roberts Via Flickr: Flying Bulls' polished metal P-38 during its performance at the 2024 Sywell Air Show. Aircraft: Lockheed P-38 Lightning N25Y (44-53254). Location: Sywell Aerodrome (ORM/EGBK), Northamptonshire, UK.

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Lockheed P-38L Lightning 'N25Y' by Alan Wilson Via Flickr: You've not seen 'shiny' till you've seen the Red Bull P-38!! Previous US military serial '44-53254'. This was previously Lefty Gardener's famous 'White Lightnin'. Now operated by The Flying Bulls in Red Bull colour scheme. msn 8509. Parked on the grass flightline. Flying Legends 2011. Duxford. 10-7-2011

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【朗報】韓国NAVERが｢大韓民国万歳｣と叫ぶたびに寄付されるサービス開始　既に30万人以上が叫ぶ

1: 風吹けば名無し 2019/08/15(木) 19:44:42.94 ID:ZVjcBAdx 光復節74周年を迎え、韓国ネイバーは「愛国キャンペーン」を行っている。 ネイバーはモバイルアプリの音声検索を利用して独立功労者の子孫を助けるキャンペーンを行っている。

この企画はネイバーアプリの音声検索を介して「テハミングマンセー（大韓民国万歳）」と叫ぶと寄付される仕組み。 ネイバーは「テハミングマンセー」��参加者が10万人集まるごとに100万ウォン（約10万円）を送金するという。

このイベントは25日まで行われ、特別な個人情報や寄付金は要求されずネイバーが全て寄付。

重複参加も可能で、現在までに30万人以上が参加しており300万ウォンの寄付金が集まった。

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Airworthy P-38 Lightnings, 2017

A short guide to the survivors, and how to quickly identify them.

Unnamed, 44-53254, Aircraft Guaranty Title Corp. Trustee

Unpainted fuselage, olive drab inner cowlings, red-and-white painted rudders, Red Bull nose art.  This aircraft was formerly owned by the CAF and flown as White Lightning until it was sold after a forced landing.  She is operated out of Salzburg, Austria, by the Red Bull company.

Glacier Girl, 41-7630, Lewis Air Legends

Olive drab fuselage and wings, pre-war national insignia, yellow identification markings.  This aircraft was crashed in Greenland in 1942 on the way to England, and eventually recovered after over a decade of hunting for the “Lost Squadron.”  She is based out of San Antonio, Texas.

White 33, 42-12652, WestPac Restorations

Dark green fuselage, blue propeller spinners, “33″ numbers on vertical fins and nose, white shark-tooth markings on engine nacelles.  This aircraft served in New Guinea and Australia with the 475th and 8th Fighter Groups before crashing in 1944 and being written off.  She is currently based out of Colorado Springs, Colorado.

23 Skidoo, 44-23314, Planes of Fame

Olive drab fuselage, yellow detailing on propeller spinners, vertical fins, and tail booms, “162″ aircraft number on fins and nose.  This aircraft entered civilian hands shortly after the end of WWII and has been flown by the Planes of Fame since 1988 in various colors.  She is based out of Chino, California.

44-26981, Allied Fighters

Unpainted fuselage, invasion stripes under the outer wing panels and tail booms, red propeller spinners, aircraft number 981 on the nose.  This aircraft entered civilian hands in 1946, and has changed hands dozens of times since.  She is based out of Sun Valley, Idaho.

Relampago, 44-27053, War Eagles Air Museum

Glossy black fuselage, silver propeller blades.  This aircraft was used as an aerial surveyor after the end of WWII, before being purchased by the museum in 1994.  She is based out of Santa Teresa, New Mexico.

Tangerine, 44-27083, Erickson Aircraft Collection

Olive drab upper fuselage, light grey lower fuselage, yellow detailing on propeller spinners and vertical fins, extensive nose art on both sides of the nose.  This aircraft was sold into civilian hands in 1946 and restored to airworthiness in 1996.  She is based out of Madras, Oregon.

44-27183, Yanks Air Museum

Unpainted except for national insignia, original F-5 camera nose fitted instead of a fighter nose.  This aircraft is airworthy although not flown by the museum.  She is based out of Chino, California.

Scat III, 44-27231, Fagen Fighters WWII Museum

Dark green fuselage, “W” code on inside of vertical fins, “SCAT III” nose art, red rudders.  This aircraft flew as a racer post-war, before being restored in 1999.  She is based out of Granite Falls, Minnesota.

Thoughts of Midnite, 44-53095, Comanche Fighters LCC

Olive drab fuselage, red band on propeller spinners, red band on tail booms, aircraft number “120″ on fins and nose, nose art of port side.  This aircraft served with the Honduran Air Force postwar, before being returned to the US in 1960; she flew formerly as Putt Putt Maru.  She is based out of Houston, Texas.

P-38 airframes are exceedingly rare today, although there are several under restoration for either display or airworthiness.  Hopefully more of these rare fighters will return to the air again soon.

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Friday Photo: P-38 Lightning

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The view: Over Hubbard Creek Lake northwest of Breckenridge, Texas

The pilot: Nelson Ezell

The airplane: 1944 Lockheed P-38L Lightning

The mission: Air-to-air photo shoot for Red Bull GmbH and Ezell Aviation

The memory: This Lockheed P-38L Lightning now is part of the “Flying Bulls” collection under the very wide Salzburg, Austria-based Red Bull corporate umbrella. It has had a long and highly public career that spans some three-quarters of a century. Built in 1944 and given serial number 44-53254, it was purchased surplus for $1,250 from the War Department by the Lilee Products Co. in Chicago, IL, during April of 1946. Civil registered NX25Y (later, N25Y), it would participate in a number of national air races and would be flown in uncountable airshows, particularly after falling under the purview of Marvin Lee “Lefty” Gardner (one of the three founding fathers of the Confederate Air Force based in Harlington, TX) in 1964.

I was privileged to serve as a photographer throughout the entire “Flying Bulls” P-38L restoration process following an accident in MS in 2001. Work got underway in 2005 when N25Y was partially disassembled and loaded on a flatbed trailer and trucked from San Antonio to Breckenridge, TX, where Ezell Aviation was tasked with making the airplane flightworthy. For the following three years, almost every part of the P-38 was either completely rebuilt or new parts were manufactured from scratch. When the restoration was finished, the polished aluminum Red Bull P-38L was arguably the most beautiful Lightning in the world. With noted pilot Steve Hinton at the controls, it made its first post-rebuild flight on June 2, 2008. Having first photographed N25Y back in the mid-1960s and then throughout the 1970s when Bill Crump and I served as chief photographers for the CAF, my history with the aircraft has been a long one. It continues to this day through my friendship with Sigi Angerer, the retired director of the “Flying Bulls” collection.

I will end this little summary by saying that one of the truly memorable experiences of my life followed one of the several air-to-air sessions that I had with N25Y. After landing one afternoon, I heard Nelson Ezell calling for me from the P-38. Running over from my photo ship, I looked up to see Nelson signaling for me to climb up the small ladder and get on board. I could not believe my ears—or my eyes! So with cameras in hand, up the ladder I went and soon found myself squeezed in behind Nelson while sitting on the main wing spar with a safety belt over my lap. The 20-minute flight meant more to me than Nelson will ever know��as never in my wildest dreams when watching Lefty go through his stunning routine during the annual CAF shows in Harlingen could I have imagined that someday I would be flying in that same P-38. Once in a great while, miracles do happen…

Several months after first flight and following a lengthy series of test flights, N25Y was flown to Pensacola, FL, where it was loaded aboard a small freighter and transported to Europe. It was then flown to its permanent home in Hangar 7 of the Flying Bulls museum in Salzburg, Austria. It remains there to this day, a crown jewel among the many jewels owned by Red Bull GmbH.

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Lockheed P-38L-5-LO "Lightning" - S/n 44-53254 / N25Y by Excalibur90 on Flickr.

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Lockheed P-38L Lightning 'N25Y' by Alan Wilson Via Flickr: Operated by Red Bull. Seen during it's solo display at 'Legends 2011'. US military serial '44-53254'. msn 8509. Flying Legends 2011. Duxford. 10-7-2011

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Lockheed P-38L Lightning 'N25Y' by Alan Wilson Via Flickr: Operated by Red Bull. Taxiing back in after it's solo display at 'Legends 2011'. US military serial '44-53254'. msn 8509. Flying Legends 2011. Duxford. 10-7-2011

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Lockheed P-38L Lightning 'N25Y' by Alan Wilson Via Flickr: You've not seen 'shiny' till you've seen the Red Bull P-38!! Previous US military serial '44-53254'. This was previously Lefty Gardener's famous 'White Lightnin'. Now operated by The Flying Bulls in Red Bull colour scheme. msn 8509. Parked on the grass flightline. Flying Legends 2011. Duxford. 10-7-2011

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Lockheed P-38L Lightning 'N25Y' by Alan Wilson Via Flickr: Operated by Red Bull. Seen during it's solo display at 'Legends 2011'. US military serial '44-53254'. msn 8509. Flying Legends 2011. Duxford. 10-7-2011

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Lockheed P-38L Lightning 'N25Y' by Alan Wilson Via Flickr: Operated by Red Bull. Seen during it's solo display at 'Legends 2011'. US military serial '44-53254'. msn 8509. Flying Legends 2011. Duxford. 10-7-2011

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Lockheed P-38L Lightning 'N25Y' by Alan Wilson Via Flickr: You've not seen 'shiny' till you've seen the Red Bull P-38!! Previous US military serial '44-53254'. This was previously Lefty Gardener's famous 'White Lightnin'. Now operated by The Flying Bulls in Red Bull colour scheme. msn 8509. Parked on the grass flightline. Flying Legends 2011. Duxford. 10-7-2011

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44-53254 (N25Y) 1944 Lockheed P-38L Lightning USAF Flying Legends Duxford 09.07.11 by Phil Rawlings Via Flickr: Built at Lockheed Burbank in 1944 and delivered to the USAAF as 44-53254. Onto the US Civil register as N25Y in 1946 and used for racing until being withdrawn in 1957 and stored in the open until 1962 at Clinton Maryland. In 1963 she went to the Confederate Air Force before returning to racing in 1970. In June 2001 she crashed at Greenwood airport (GWO) Mississippi while descending, sustaining substantial damage. Withdrawn from use, repairs were started and the airframe was offered for sale. Sold to the Flying Red Bulls Collection and in 2004 she was moved to Breckenridge Texas for repair and restoration with a first flight in 2008. Thence to Miami for sea shipment to Hamburg and a delivery flight to Salzburg in March 2009. She remains in Austria.

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44-53254 (N25Y) 1944 Lockheed P-38L Lightning Red Bull Flying Legends Duxford 11.07.15 by Phil Rawlings Via Flickr: Built at Lockheed Burbank in 1944 and delivered to the USAAF as 44-53254. Onto the US Civil register as N25Y in 1946 and used for racing until being withdrawn in 1957 and stored in the open until 1962 at Clinton Maryland. In 1963 she went to the Confederate Air Force before returning to racing in 1970. In June 2001 she crashed at Greenwood airport (GWO) Mississippi while descending, sustaining substantial damage. Withdrawn from use, repairs were started and the airframe was offered for sale. Sold to the Flying Red Bulls Collection and in 2004 she was moved to Breckenridge Texas for repair and restoration with a first flight in 2008. Thence to Miami for sea shipment to Hamburg and a delivery flight to Salzburg in March 2009. She remains in Austria.

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44-53254 (N25Y) 1944 Lockheed P-38L Lightning Red Bull Flying Legends Duxford 14.07.18 by Phil Rawlings Via Flickr: Built at Lockheed Burbank in 1944 and delivered to the USAAF as 44-53254. Onto the US Civil register as N25Y in 1946 and used for racing until being withdrawn in 1957 and stored in the open until 1962 at Clinton Maryland. In 1963 she went to the Confederate Air Force before returning to racing in 1970. In June 2001 she crashed at Greenwood airport (GWO) Mississippi while descending, sustaining substantial damage. Withdrawn from use, repairs were started and the airframe was offered for sale. Sold to the Flying Red Bulls Collection and in 2004 she was moved to Breckenridge Texas for repair and restoration with a first flight in 2008. Thence to Miami for sea shipment to Hamburg and a delivery flight to Salzburg in March 2009. She remains in Austria.

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44-53254 (N25Y) 1944 Lockheed P-38L Lightning USAF Flying Legends Duxford 09.07.11 by Phil Rawlings Via Flickr: Built at Lockheed Burbank in 1944 and delivered to the USAAF as 44-53254. Onto the US Civil register as N25Y in 1946 and used for racing until being withdrawn in 1957 and stored in the open until 1962 at Clinton Maryland. In 1963 she went to the Confederate Air Force before returning to racing in 1970. In June 2001 she crashed at Greenwood airport (GWO) Mississippi while descending, sustaining substantial damage. Withdrawn from use, repairs were started and the airframe was offered for sale. Sold to the Flying Red Bulls Collection and in 2004 she was moved to Breckenridge Texas for repair and restoration with a first flight in 2008. Thence to Miami for sea shipment to Hamburg and a delivery flight to Salzburg in March 2009. She remains in Austria.