GLACIER GIRL ROCKS! P-38 Lightning at the Reno Air Races

- Just a bit of history. P-38s are very quiet, they’re not like P-51s at all. I shot Glacier Girl mostly with a telephoto lens (20-1) Once the plane passed, there was NO engine sound. The background song on this video “Learning to Fly“ was written by David Gilmour, the lead Guitarist for the British rock band “Pink Floyd“. David owned a P-51 Mustang for a number of years, so he too is a Warbird enthusiast. Many people who see this video don’t like the music, well, tough. I do. check out my other videos, many without music at Steve Glacier Girl is the Lockheed P-38F-1-LO Lightning that was recovered from under 200 feet of ice on the remote Greenland Ice Sheet after nearly fifty years. Steve Hinton brought her to the 2009 Reno Air Races for public display. Monday morning is always a special time at Stead airport in Nevada because the crowds and those pesky air show announcers are gone and the planes leave for home over the course of several hours in the late morning and early afternoon. I captured Steve Hinton on a short test hop just prior to his departure with his brother John, who flew a Bearcat. The day before, Steves son Stevo won the Gold Unlimited Race flying P-51 Strega. At 22 years of age, he became the youngest Unlimited winner in history, taking the honored position from his father who held it since 1978 at age 26. The shots in the video are purposely a little long, but you guys (and gals) who love airplanes will understand!