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Old 8th Sep 2016, 11:00
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treadigraph
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The P-38 is owned by Red Bull and is the famous aircraft displayed and raced by Lefty Gardner for many years - beautifully rebuilt by Ezell Aviation after a fire and forced landing a few years ago. It's based in Austria. There's also a P-38 under rebuild in the UK, it arrived from Australia a couple of years back.

The nearest things to a real Stuka that have flown were the "Proctukas" built by Viv Belllamy for the Battle of Britain film in 1968, based around a couple of well-worn Proctors. Apparently they flew horribly and were abandoned, the film unit sticking to rc models instead.

Pity your brother didn't get a pic Angels, love to know what he saw!
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