Glaicer Gal P38 Attempt to fly to England ,take off

from youtube Glacier Gal P38F Lightning and Miss Velma P51 Mustang leave Chino California for their attempted flight to Duxford England 2007. Due to problems with Glacier Gal they had to abort over the North Atlantic.

With that aircraft history I would have thought it was a bad idea to try and fly over , last time it took decades before it was able to fly again let alone be found.

Perhaps the third time will be the charm. Its come a longways back from what they melted out of the ice ! Not sure just how much of it is original after the rebuild . I think the original owner died just as it was under going its first flight tests ?

I've got the book about the recovery and rebuild and seem to recall they used quite a bit of original material, including some skins. The book makes interesting and at times alarming reading, but with all the in-fighting, it's amazing they even got the aircraft to the surface of the ice. Health and Safety seemed to be somewhat lacking, and I'm not talking about following regulations, but simple common sense was abandoned.