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Photos of P-38L-5 "83" at the Evergreen Air Museum McMinnville, OR on 6 Aug 2004.

These images were taken with a Sony digital camera. 

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dsc05527_t.jpg (10992 bytes) 1. Right main gear close up, viewed from front.
dsc05528_t.jpg (12112 bytes) 2. Close up of single blade of Hamilton Electric propeller. 
dsc05529_t.jpg (14886 bytes) 3. Right side, taken just below the right wingtip. 
dsc05532_t.jpg (9859 bytes) 4. Under right wing.  Note the dive recovery flap (retracted) in the center.
dsc05534_t.jpg (9437 bytes) 5. Close up of polished oval mirror on left engine nacelle.
dsc05535_t.jpg (12749 bytes) 6. Close up of guns and cannon. 
dsc05536_t.jpg (15085 bytes) 7. Right engine nacelle, spinner and prop.
dsc05537_t.jpg (14654 bytes) 8. Nose gear, door and bay from low vantage.
dsc05539_t.jpg (14152 bytes) 9. Left spinner.
dsc05540_t.jpg (11141 bytes) 10. Under outboard portion of right wing, showing pitot tube (in yellow protective cover) and retracted dive recovery flap.  Also note the inset landing light in the upper left of the photo. 
dsc05541_t.jpg (14046 bytes) 11. Straight on shot of the left main gear wheel.  These were sometimes covered to prevent mud build-up. 
dsc05542_t.jpg (14992 bytes) 12. Tip of left wing. 
dsc05543_t.jpg (12098 bytes) 13. Tail plane.  Note top and bottom external mass balances on the elevator.
dsc05544_t.jpg (15380 bytes) 14. Slight rear view of tailplane.
dsc05547_t.jpg (10633 bytes) 15. Cockpit view from rear, framed by a Navy plane in the foreground.
dsc05548_at.jpg (14154 bytes) 16. Canopy and right turbosupercharger.
dsc05548_t.jpg (7565 bytes) 17. Same as #16 but wider view.
dsc05549_t.jpg (7396 bytes) 18. Right outboard wing.  Note how it flares upware at the tip.  
dsc05550_at.jpg (11312 bytes) 19. Right Turbosupercharger, right outboard Fowler flap.  The turbosupercharger ram air scoop is just below.
dsc05550_t.jpg (12929 bytes) 20. Same as #19 but wider view.

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