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Description
| Manufacturer: | Lockheed | |
| Base model: | P-38 | |
| Designation: | P-38 | |
| Version: | H | |
| Nickname: | Lightning | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | |
| Designation Period: | 1925-1947 | |
| Basic role: | Pursuit | |
| Crew: | Pilot | |
Specifications
| Length: | 37' 10" | 11.5 m | |
| Height: | 12' 10" | 3.9 m | |
| Wingspan: | 52' 0" | 15.8 m | |
| Wingarea: | 328.0 sq ft | 30.4 sq m | |
| Empty Weight: | 12,380 lb | 5,614 kg | |
| Gross Weight: | 19,500 lb | 8,843 kg | |
| Max Weight: | 20,300 lb | 9,206 kg | |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 2 | ||
| Powerplant: | Allison V-1710-89/91 | ||
| Horsepower (each): | 1425 | ||
Performance
| Range: | 350 miles | 563 km | |
| Cruise Speed: | 250 mph | 402 km/h | 217 kt |
| Max Speed: | 402 mph | 647 km/h | 349 kt |
| Climb: | 3,076 ft/min | 937 m/min | |
| Ceiling: | 40,000 ft | 12,191 m | |
Known serial numbers
Recent comments by our visitors
| Tom Brown , OH | When production planning began on a P-38 model with new chin-mounted core intercoolers, it was recognized that Lockheed subcontractors would initially be unable to provide enough of the new components to supply both of Burbank's twin production lines. With commanders in all theaters crying for more P-38's, a hybrid model was approved for production on one of the lines. Out of a dozen prototypes (LAC c/n's 1001 through 1012) with 1425hp Allison V-1710F-17 engines ordered under AC-21217, one (c/n 1005) was completed in March, 1943 with the traditional wing intercoolers and the old-style cowlings and Prestone cooler scoops. This became the P-38H-1-LO, and a combined 600 -1-LO and -5-LO models were built from June-Dec., 1943.
Ten prototypes were designated P-38J-1-LO and became service test models for the new chin-mounted core intercoolers and new Prestone cooling scoops which were fatter in appearance but offered more effective cooling and less drag (the absence of these features in the P-38H limited the amount of power that could be safely used by its pilots). Series production commenced with a P-38J-5-LO in August, 1943 and wound up four models and 3159 planes later in November, 1944. The remaining prototype from AC-21217 (cn 1004) was set up from the beginning to accomodate the Allison V-1710F-15 engine series and Hamilton-Standard Hydromatic props with high activity paddle blades and was designated P-38K-1-LO. Although the most high performance P-38 ever flown, it was also the only one built. 02/03/2005 @ 12:36 [ref: 9345] |
| David , VT | the Lockheed p-38 is a great fighter craft.
even though it has some small problems 09/05/2004 @ 19:48 [ref: 8219] |
| P-38 , MA | Oh, Hedy Lamar is a beautiful gal,
and Madeleine Carroll is too, but you'l find if you query, a different theory amonsgt any bomber crew For the loveliest thing of which one could sing (this side of the Pearly Gates) Is no blonde or brunette of the Hollywood set But an escort of p-38's Yes in the days that have passed, when the tables were massed With glasses of scotch and champagne Yes it's true that the sight was once a thing to delight Us, intent on feeling no pain. But no longer the same, nowadays, in this game When we head north from the Messina Straits Take the sparkling wine- every time just make mine an escort of P-38's Byron, Shelly, Keats run a dozen dead heats Describing the view from the hills, of the valleys in May when the winds gently sway In the airs a different story; We sweat out our track through fighter and flak We're willing to split p the glory Well, they wouldn't reject us so Heaven pretect us and, until all the shooting abates, Give us the courage to fight'em- and one other small item, An escort of P-38's by Anonymous bomber radioman 08/28/2001 @ 16:49 [ref: 3052] |
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