{"id":1039,"date":"2019-12-06T15:54:50","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T15:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pimaair.wpengine.com\/?post_type=museum_aircraft&#038;p=1039"},"modified":"2022-11-08T05:09:59","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T12:09:59","slug":"lockheed-p-38g","status":"publish","type":"museum_aircraft","link":"https:\/\/pimaair.org\/museum-aircraft\/lockheed-p-38g\/","title":{"rendered":"Lockheed P-38G"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Lockheed P-38G Lightning<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Lockheed-P-38G.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Lockheed-P-38G.jpg\" alt=\"A picture of the Lockheed P-38G Lightning\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em>This aircraft is currently undergoing restoration offsite.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>One of the most recognizable American fighters of World War II the Lockheed P-38 was designed in 1937 as a high-altitude interceptor for the U.S. Army Air Corps.\u00a0 It was a radical departure in design philosophy by American fighter standards with its distinctive twin engine and twin tailed design and heavy armament of a 23mm cannon and four .50 caliber machineguns in the nose.\u00a0 The prototype first flew in January 1939.\u00a0 The P-38D was the first version of the aircraft considered to be combat ready.\u00a0 It entered service in August 1941.\u00a0 The P-38F and P-38G featured several changes to the basic design intended to improve the aircraft\u2019s combat ability.\u00a0 These changes included the addition of racks under the wings for bombs or drop tanks and a modification to the flaps that allowed them to be dropped slightly during combat to improve maneuverability.\u00a0 Having been designed to intercept bombers and like most of the other twin-engine fighters designed by all the combatants before and during World War II the Lightning proved to be generally inferior as a fighter to many of its single engine contemporaries.\u00a0 Modified versions of the Lightning proved very capable as high speed photographic reconnaissance aircraft and as pathfinders for bomber units.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Wingspan<\/td>\n<td>52 ft<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\">Wingspan<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Length<\/td>\n<td>37 ft 10 in.<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\"><strong>Length<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Height<\/td>\n<td>12 ft 10 in.<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\"><strong>Height<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Weight<\/td>\n<td>17,500 pounds (loaded)<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\"><strong>Weight<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Max. 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