Winter Flying 10 - Lighting Ski.jpg (1/1)

[Mitchell Holman[_8_]]

[john szalay]

Mitchell Holman > wrote in
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Looks painful.

IIRC: the Lightning was known for not having a good
heater for the pilot.

[Savageduck[_3_]]

On 2015-02-10 15:24:37 +0000, john szalay said:

> Mitchell Holman > wrote in
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> Looks painful.
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> IIRC: the Lightning was known for not having a good
> heater for the pilot.

The cabin heating was a problem for high altitude operations, but it
was mostly sorted out by the time the P-38J & P-38L variants came into
service. The one in the image looks to be a "J".

In the SW-Pacific, Phillipines, & Okinawa they had just the opposite
problem, there it was like sitting in a greenhouse and most pilots flew
without jackets, many just wore a T-shirt + Mae West.
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Regards,

Savageduck