P-38 lightning how to / preflight check

[hiro]

I know this ship isn't in game yet, but I found this nice vid on how to do it. 

 

 

an interesting fact is 38 pilots could use its stall handling to turn with a zero. whoa. 

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3nddCJbcdI

[whatnot]

Mmm... My all time favorite WW2 plane! I'd love to see similar videos of other birds, rather than the instruction clips from the 40's.

[whatnot]

And while watching the film I also learned that the poor guy (Jeff Ethell) died in a crash with P-38:

 

Probable Cause

Failure of the pilot to maintain minimum control speed (VMC), after loss of power in one engine, which resulted in a loss of aircraft control and collision with terrain. Related factors were: the pilot's improper fuel management and failure to change the fuel selector position before a fuel tank had emptied, which led to fuel starvation and loss of power in one engine; and the pilot's lack of familiarity with the aircraft, relative to single-engine minimum airspeeds.