P-38 Lighting January 30, 2010

See the plane that changed aviation history! The P-38 was a revolutionary aircraft. It was a fighter, bomber, a reconnaissance plane, and an escort. It had twin V-12 engines and tricycle landing gear. It was designed and built in record time by the legendary Clarence "Kelly" Johnson of Lockheed Aircraft. It flew at amazing speed and altitude for its time. The sight of a P-38 Lightning so terrified the enemy, that the Luftwaffe dubbed it the "fork-tailed devil.