Gathering of Mustangs

[SS427]

Glacier Girl is in fact the P-38 that they dug out from under the ice in Greenland. Neat story, only wish they could retreive more of them.

[Jeff Murphy]

Here's one Mustang that wasn't there:



Ferocious Frankie named for wife of American ace Wallace Hopkins. 8 German kills.

[Jeff Murphy]

Somebody asked for a Spitfire?



Probably the most famous Spitfire still flying as it has never been fully rebuilt. 7.5 German kills.

[Jeff Murphy]

And for the first time at the Goodwood Revival, they had a full complement of US Navy fighters too:



A mid '45 built Spitfire, with Grumman Hellcat, Wildcat and Bearcat, plus a North American Harvard/Texan trainer.

[Jeff Murphy]

And of course a Hurricane:

[Jeff Murphy]

They also had this cool Ryan PT22 Recruit trainer:

[Jeff Murphy]

And in some ways the coolest plane they had there:



A C-47 Dakota that was a participant in D-Day, dropping paratroopers behind German lines. It was fully restored and they allowed you to go inside.

[427TJ]

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Glacier Girl is in fact the P-38 that they dug out from under the ice in Greenland. Neat story, only wish they could retreive more of them.

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GG is rumored to have sold recently for $11,000,000. Now every P-38 guy thinks his airplane is worth 11 mil. Sound familiar guys???

[70 copo]

As for the warbirds and the popularity here, to me that is simple. The Musclecars/Supercars are the "war birds" of the automotive world. Like the fighters were to transport airctaft musclecars are to normal street transportation.

For the musclecars and Supercars the "kills" happened on the tracks and on the street.

[SS427]

To compare Glacier Girl with some other P-38's would be rediculous. She has no was history but is still in a class all by herself.

I followed GG's discovery and restoration very closely from the beginning days and I would be willing to bet that there was close to $11M in total cost investments in it. I doubt anyone made much money on her. I thought I remembered $2M in just the discovery and recovery alone.