Photos of "Glacier Girl" October 26, 2002
(To read about and see photos of its first flight, click here.)
These images were taken with a Sony digital camera.
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1. Left side view. Note the landing under the left wing, just
outboard of the pitot tube. |
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2. Left tail. Note light just above the yellow lettering. |
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3. Radiator housing. |
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4. With the panels removed, one gets a great view of the left engine,
plumbing and airframe. |
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5. Turbosupercharger intake, plugged for protection before flight.
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6. Similar to 5, but view includes boom rear. Note the open
battery compartment just aft of the radiator housing. |
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7. The doors of "business end" of the Lightning are open
revealing the guns and ammunition magazines. |
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8. Front view of the nose with doors open. |
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9. Right engine. Note the polished metal circle, a crude but
effective mirror that allowed the pilot to verify if the front gear was down. |
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10. Another view of the open nose. |
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11. Right engine and wing, from a little farther back. |
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12. Similar to 10. |
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13. Close up of right wing tip, showing old-style insignia and lower
navigation light. |
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14. Similar to 6 but right boom. |
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15. Close up of lower portion of right engine nacelle. Note
the open vent on the bottom. |
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16. Right propeller and spinner. |
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17. With the nose doors down, we can now see "Glacier
Girl." |
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18. Close up of nose gear. Also note the ammunition shell
ejector chutes. |
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