State of the art GoPro camera usage.....and editing......

[Guest Maj Millard]

Check out the latest from the Redbull team......the Redbull P-38 Lightning (ex-White Lightning..Reno Air Races ) doing an air show in company with a Corsair, over a French airshow last month. Mesmerising stuff, and brilliant editing from at least 5 x GoPros mounted in-cockpit, and externally on both aircraft.......Says a lot for those GoPro mounts !!!

 

Google.........Red bull at La ferte alias May 19 2013..................enjoy.......Maj...

 

 

[Guest Maj Millard]

That particular P-38 J was raced for many years at the Reno National Championship Air Races in the hands of ex-ww2 bomber pilot and later Texas ag-pilot Lefty Gardener, in the guise of "White Lightning"... When Lefty retired it from air racing his son flew a few air shows in it, and suffered a LH engine fire in it, on return to home base. He stuck it into a ploughed field successfully, but it suffered a fair bit of fire damage to the left wing.

 

Redbull then purchased it, and I 'm sure have replaced ever nut and bolt since. The Corsair looks like the one that was rebuilt up in Darwin in French navy colours.

 

The P-38 J model had the more streamlined lower engine cowls to the earlier model, and was one of the first military twins to have contra-rotating propellers , which makes life a lot easier if you happen to loose one of the Allison V-12s in action. I think it is the left engine that has a gearbox, for prop reversal, and the right engine doesn't. After racing at Reno Lefty had a team of bikini-clad girls who came out with squirt-bottles and toothbrushes!!, to clean the exhaust smudges from all the rivets on the tail booms. This took forever to do, but nobody was in a hurry !!!.................Maj...

 

 

[Guest steve-nz]

There is the direct link:

 

 

 

[Guest Maj Millard]

Steve Nz, Thanks for posting that....just a brilliant piece of footage and editing highlighting two classic aircraft. Makes one wonder just what those RB boys will bring us in the future !........Maj...

 

 

[Owi]

Fantastic! I sat here in awe watching that whole thing through. Some pretty exciting manoeuvrings there. Thanks for sharing.

 

 

[Guest steve-nz]

Looked like they were pretty close at times, would be exciting flying - very professional and skilled pilots.

 

 

[Guest Maj Millard]

Don't know for sure, but RBull also have a jet aerobatic team. Maybe the same pilots, they seem to be flying at small jet speed. I saw that same P-38 do aerobatic routines at Reno with Lefty Gardiner flying...much slower and more gracefully . The Rbull driver seemed pretty comfortable in her. Just a brilliant display aircraft whoever is flying it !..............Maj......

 

 

[Gforce]

EPIC !! And that's there day job ! Love how at the bottom of one of the loops the Lead P-38 pilot cant help but smile... Thanks for posting that.