EAA’s Air Venture 2025 is in the books and it has me learning more about the Lockheed P-38 Lightning
RichC | July 30, 2025
During the early years of World War II, few aircraft turned as many heads—or changed the tide of air power—like the Lockheed P-38 Lightning. With its distinctive twin-boom design and central nacelle cockpit, the P-38 didn’t just look different; it was different. This radical design, the brainchild of Lockheed’s legendary engineer Clarence “Kelly” Johnson and […]