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Published: 2007-05-18 05:24:04 +0000 UTC; Views: 410; Favourites: 16; Downloads: 0
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Glacier Girl (now under new ownership)Nellis, 2006.
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Beauty. These planes are very cool, one of the first to contra-rotate the props to balance the plane.
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ironically, when Great Britain expressed interest in purchasing the Lightning, Lockheed didn't want to sell the secrets of the aircraft. So the first aircraft delivered didn't have contra-rotating props OR superchargers. The British government HATED it and cancelled their orders, referring to it as "the castrated lightning."
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The thing must've handled like a pig without contra rotating props, the tails aren't designed to handle that much torque.
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Amazing story behind this plane. Awesome shot, too! 
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A gentleman in Texas recently purchased this aircraft along with racing legend "Rare Bear" which he is completely refurbishing, and is sitting in about a thousand pieces in a hangar in said state.
He plans to keep Glacier Girl flying and get Rare Bear back into championship form.
Good on him!
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