643 Test 133 - P-38
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Drag cleanup tests were conducted on the Lockheed YP-38 Lightning in the 30 x 60 Full Scale Tunnel in December, 1941. Later models of the P-38 performed stellar service in WW II, but a pair of YP-38s were the only Lightnings to be used at Langley with the NACA.
 1941-12-11 P-38 Original Condition |
 1941-12-11 P-38 Original Condition |
 1941-12-11 P-38 Original Condition |
 1941-12-11 P-38 Original Condition |
 1941-12-11 P-38 Original Condition |
 1941-12-11 P-38 Original Condition |
 1941-12-11 P-38 Original Condition |
 1941-12-11 P-38 Original Condition |
 1941-12-11 P-38 Original Condition |
 1941-12-11 P-38 Original Condition |
 1941-12-11 P-38 Original Condition |
 1941-12-11 P-38 Original Condition |
 1941-12-22 P-38 Cockpit Fairing |
 1941-12-24 P-38 with 66-115 Wing and New |
 1941-12-24 P-38 with 66-115 Wing and New |
 1941-12-24 P-38 with 66-115 Wing and New |
 1941-12-24 P-38 with 66-115 Wing and New |
 1941-12-24 P-38 with 66-115 Wing and New |
 1941-12-31 YP-38 Wing Modification #2 |
 1941-12-31 YP-38 Wing Modification #2 |
 1941-12-31 YP-38 Wing Modification #2 |
 1942-01-17 YP-38 Modifications |
 1942-01-17 YP-38 Modifications |
 1942-01-19 P-38 Booms No Prestone Scoops |
 1942-01-19 P-38 Booms No Prestone Scoops |
 1942-01-19 P-38 Booms No Prestone Scoops |
 1942-01-19 YP-38 Shroud Installation |
 1942-01-26 P-38 Armament Installation |
 1942-01-26 P-38 Armament Installation |
 1942-02-04 YP-38 Outside |