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Photos of P-38L-5 "Tangerine" at the Tillamook Air Museum in Tillamook, OR on 6 Aug 2004.

These images were taken with a Sony digital camera. 

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dsc05459_t.jpg (11396 bytes) 1. Same as page 12 #23, but with flash.
dsc05460_t.jpg (10362 bytes) 2. Side view showing turbosupercharger profile, turbosupercharger ram air scoop profile and national insignia. 
dsc05461_t.jpg (11305 bytes) 3. Under side of tailplane.  Note the mass balance in the middle of the elevator.
dsc05465_t.jpg (18627 bytes) 4. A cutaway of an Allison V-1710. 
dsc05466_t.jpg (19131 bytes) 5. Close up of the cutaway showing cylinders, valves, etc.
dsc05472_t.jpg (10360 bytes) 6. Close up of the left pylon and tank.
dsc05474_t.jpg (13491 bytes) 7. Profile of the nose and guns.
dsc05475_t.jpg (8886 bytes) 8. Looking rearward of the right boom.
dsc05476_t.jpg (11981 bytes) 9. Right propeller and nose.
dsc05477_t.jpg (10890 bytes) 10. Guns and cannon (center).
dsc05482_t.jpg (8702 bytes) 11. Weight signage under the left wing, just above left gear door.   It reads:

FURTHEST FORWARD LOAD 148.19
GROSS WT. WHEELS UP 151.88
GROSS WT. WHEELS DOWN 154.71
FURTHEST AFT LOAD 156.19

dsc05483_t.jpg (8756 bytes) 12. Left ram air scoop.  The signage in #11 can be seen just ahead of the scoop, on the left of the photo.
dsc05484_t.jpg (13397 bytes) 13. Left gear and gear doos, and a view of the rear of the left external tank.
dsc05486_t.jpg (13080 bytes) 14. Left outboard radiator vent open and a view showing both external tanks.
dsc05487_t.jpg (11772 bytes) 15. Same as #14 but without flash.
dsc05489_t.jpg (11364 bytes) 16. Close up of engine nacelle scoops.  The center scoop is for the intercooler, the side scoops are for the oil cooler. 
dsc05490_t.jpg (10097 bytes) 17. Taken just below where #16 was taken, this shot shows the main left gear and doors.
dsc05492_t.jpg (11592 bytes) 18. Right wing (outer portion) with aileron deflected for a right turn.   Not the bule-green navigation light on the underside of the wing tip. 
dsc05493_t.jpg (11885 bytes) 19. Right side.
dsc05496_t.jpg (12967 bytes) 20. 3/4 left front view.
dsc05498_t.jpg (9649 bytes) 21. Similar to 20, but wider view.
dsc05499_t.jpg (8372 bytes) 22. Full 3/4 front left side.
dsc05500_t.jpg (13723 bytes) 23. Final shot.

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