Although well-maintained, there are currently no plans for her to become airborne again anytime soon. It is my personal opinion that the P-38 Lightning is the most attractive aircraft ever built. Although well-maintained, there are currently no plans for her to become airborne again anytime soon. “Glacier Girl” was literally frozen in time from 1942 to 1992. One P-38 Lightning was already uncovered back in 1992. It’s time to spend the money smarter…which by the way, would be better utilized by expanding an existing facility (and at a fraction of the cost) instead of building and entirely new facility. So when I first read about Glacier Girl in Readers Digest,,I was hooked. Two fans on Saturday had a connection to the historic plane. Kinda like they were just waiting to see her fly. Bottom line, they want to spends billions of OUR tax dollars to create jobs? The History Channel has a good 1-hour documentary on this project on the “Mega Movers” show. LAKELAND — Her name, “Glacier Girl,” sums up her history pretty well, although she’s hardly a lady. P-38 Glacier Girl on display at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012.Photo courtesy of EAA Famed airplane makes it back home. And maybe that Collings B-24…. The Lakeland native has visited Sun ‘n Fun since she was a child. Uncertain whether the flat expanse of whiteness below was solid ice or yielding snow, he descended with landing gears extended. Many of us lost fathers, brothers and other loved ones in the time from 1941 to 1946 and those young men of an average age of 18 never got to experience what we have today. They plan to fly it to Duxford, England this summer, then to Oshkosh this fall. Apologies for the double post, but no sooner do I throw “P-61” into Google than I come upon this page detailing the rescue and resuscitation of a Black Widow from the jungles of New Guinea! It is the most biologically diverse area in the interior North American continent, and also one of the most heavily industrialized. The stranded pilots acted quickly when further supplies arrived, smothering the chutes before the much-needed supplies slipped away. Sheesh. The P-38 was indeed a beautiful plane; nothing quite like it. A thought here, just considering the depth that the Glacier Girl and/or lost squadron had been entombed in the glacier. Cool read, must be something in the air… this was on digg Link. “You can’t begin to count,” said White, a member of the Quiet Birdman fraternity, which promotes aviation around the world. I’m glad I was wrong. =). The 3 miles in the glacier and depth the planes got to is just unbelievable. In my opinion it’s an example of a waste of money, that could otherwise be invested in more worthwhile expeditions, or otherwise, in providing some homes for some people, instead of recovering a heap of metal from a glacier and putting it in a museum. It was then sold in February, 2007 for $7.2 million dollars to someone else. As for the Glacier Girl, she currently resides at the Lost Squadron Museum in Middlesboro, KY. Video And when I saw the program on TV,,more than once I was elated. And for people like Apology, I say this:Money is relative. Community See All. Bob Frazer, 54, of Leesburg, knew Epps through their interest in home-built aircraft, he said. In 1988, two explorers sponsored by the Greenland Expedition Society finally found a lead. NewEvolution: Thanks! Once again, to boldly go where no man has gone before. The thoughts and feelings of pilot McManus when he NO…you don’t build airports to create jobs…you DO build airports to satisfy a transportation need. This is nothing less Like Shandooga, I expected a girl in the glacier reading this story =) but it was a great one nonetheless. By the time I was born early in 1959, the P-38 Lightning was fast becoming a distant memory. Totally agree with LL! Lewis expects the warbird will make an appearance at a few airshows every year. Sun ’n Fun guests look at the restored Lockheed P-38F Lightning named Glacier Girl at the 2018 Sun ’n Fun International Fly-In & Expo at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport in Lakeland … Apology – I remember thinking that same thing when I saw the special on NOVA years ago: Can’t they find a more worthy cause? The workers and technicians who help at the dig site also were paid for this. Hundreds of companies and thousands of people became involved in the restoration of the rescued P-38, now dubbed “Glacier Girl.” Despite the massive effort, it would take nearly 11 years to complete the project. The seven other planes are still there because there’s no interest in paying the millions of dollars to recover them, he said. I understand the value of having something tangibile as a reminder of the story, but the overall effort seems way overblown just to preserve a story, that is otherwise not even of spectacular importance. Her recover and restoration was also the subject of National Geographic and History Channel documentaries, White said. This is an incredible story. No, we didn’t charge anybody to come in and see it. I went to an air show at Grissom Air Reserve Base in Indiana once, and there was a “38” there. Enough of the free lunches. And, like schuylercat, I blew them to bits with firecrackers. The crews were rescued, and the planes abandoned. I think there was somewhere near 60 million lives lost during WW2. All of the tools and equipment used had to be bought, or custom made, providing jobs for others. Design & logo © 2005-2021 Alan Bellows At about 7:15am, after encountering extreme numbness due to cold and continued poor visibility, the pilots decided to return to the airport they had departed from. The men in the planes tried to improvise ways to keep warm, such as rerouting the defroster into the cabin, but it did little to help. Today, of the 10,000 or so P-38s Lightnings which were made in the 1940s, only about six working P-38s remain. As had been anticipated, the plane was in much better condition than the B-17 had been. They gave their lives so we can live in freedom with all kinds of toys to play with. They quickly fabricated makeshift heaters using engine parts and motor oil, and began the efforts to contact Allied forces. I’ve read that the planes were sent off course by german submarines sending false radio signals. I visited Middlesboro many times during the restoration and met several of the guys responsible for such a great job. Joking. I’ve known of Glacier Girl for a couple of years now, but I never knew just how much trouble it was to exhume her. Iced Lightning (reprinted from Air & Space magazine, January 1993) by Karen Jensen I love planes, and I think it’s a very nice story and all but…but…why? Those parts which were too damaged acted as templates for the fabrication of replacement parts. Now, one of the P-38s has been recovered from its frozen tomb - piece by piece - and the hope is that it will fly again. Once all of the parts were shipped to the United States and collected together, the restoration project began. Why did I expect there would be a girl in the glacier? Glacier Girl was recovered from more than 260 feet of ice that had accumulated in just fifty years. The men were on a mission. Buried so far down! In 1992, one of the squadron's P-38s, "Glacier Girl," was removed from the ice and restored to flying condition. About See All +1 242-477-6593. When the Discovery channel came to be, I was infatuated with a show called “Wings”, telling stories of how, and why these planes were needed. Nice to see a happy ending to one of these tales. I have followed the Glacier Girl since they brought it up. Just expressing an opinion that the money could have been invested in other more worthwhile things, or if you will more worthwhile treasure hunting. That is a lot of people. She flew again on 26 October 2002, in front of a crowd of over 20,000 people. Two years later, the team was once again burrowing a shaft into the Greenland ice. The amount you spend on a computer and internet service might be consdered a small fortune to many in Africa and South America. The original plan for that third airport was to fill in Lake Calumet and Wolf Lake; re-route the Calumet River; move a couple of huge garbage landfills; and destroy a few neighborhoods. And they would usually cry, when they thought back, and all the friends they lost over there. Robert, thank you for the work you did – I’m sure many thousands of people wish they could tell you the same thing. Glacier Girl. If you don’t see the point, then move on. Just thought you guys who said it was wasted money would like to see what a true INVESTMENT really is. Think of the huge mansions and super yachts of the rich. Rob Grosvenor. Devastated, Epps and Taylor abandoned the effort and returned home. It is located in Middlesboro, KY, which happens to be a small poor mining town. I am originally from Middlesboro, and my husband is a private pilot. One day, he casually remarked that he wants to fly a P-38 before he dies. “Glacier Girl” was my nickname for my ex-wife. While I was working on the P-38 (nicknamed “Glacier Girl” by Roy Shoffner), (who by the way paid for the whole project out of his checking account), the thing that made standing on concrete 7 days a week, 60 to 85 hours a week worth it to me was mainly two things: I always loved airplanes, especially the WWII fighters. Anyway, you get the picture. Many of the ones I knew passed on soon after Glacier Girl flew. As for Glacier Girl – I have to admit as a pimply-faced kid I built models like crazy. To think that someone would say that was money wasted, is beyond comprehension! Magnetometers and small radar units found nothing in the search area. The Glacier Girl was evacuated and rebuilt using private sponsors. I love history. I bet reviving that plain was cheaper than producing Mission Impossible 3. Just for the story or the purpose of saying that they have this historical piece? The heap of wreckage, which was slowly beginning to resemble an airplane again, was affectionately nicknamed “Glacier Girl.” Many individuals and organizations donated time and materials to the historic project, and over nine years the airframe was transformed from a wad of crushed remains into a beautiful, working airplane. Please do not distribute without written permission from Damn Interesting. such an elegant idea, and so scary to think about it. And they would usually cry, when they thought back, and all the friends they lost over there. Kinda like they were just waiting to see her fly. The story of the recovery and restoration of “Glacier Girl,” a P-38 Lockheed Lightning fighter, is a less… You wanna watch an economy take a nosedive? If the chisel kept making monster sized cracks, why did they keep doing it ( I know the answer, just thought I would raise a point). Up close . Jobs are a by-product of the manufacturing and service industries. Now, it’s time for her to take another mission, to complete her initial orders from 1942. And yes, compared to getting gold teeth, a luxury car and a hill-side mansion, this is a better way to spend a huge chunk of money. And the future? Autocad was a LONG way off. The only thing you get out of that is some incredibly poor movie production. Well, there was also the Hurricane…. Hmm. All of the tools and equipment used had to be bought, or custom made, providing jobs for others. Dollars, to Provenance Fighters. I find it truly amazing that they actually got the plane to fly again, after so many years. Although I never wasted a precious M80 on one! Gerry Matlack said: “Robert, thank you for the work you did – I’m sure many thousands of people wish they could tell you the same thing.”, Yes, I second this. Back when that war broke out, plane-crazy Roy Shoffner was a Middlesboro 13-year-old. Several only stayed 6 months or less before deciding they didn’t have the dedication). However the men did not resign the effort, and in 1990 they returned with a contraption called the Super Gopher. This beautiful aircraft was put together over several years, not for any kind of profit, but for future generations to see and learn from. Sorry, I am rambling off. Glacier Girl is well known in the aviation community, Frazer and Matthews said. We’ve flown in and out of 1A6 MANY times and made it a point to stop in to see Glacier Girl as often as possible. We will never spam or share your email address. I could write a book about the stories these guys told. I owe a LOT to the team that oversees the airport (Glynna, John, Teresa, Jeff), the crew that helped restore the P-38 (thanks Rob–I’m glad SOMEONE came in here to defend her! The slushy runoff was pumped back to the surface as workers slogged through the ice water, and the P-38 was slowly revealed as a cavity was created around it. In 1942, a squadron of U.S. B-17 bombers and P-38 Lightning fighters , part of the 475th Fighter Group, fell prey to poor weather and navigational error, with the entire squadron crash landing onto the Greenland Ice cap. There, he found that McManus was unhurt, having cut himself out of his parachute harness to dig his way out onto the ice. Glacier Girl flying over the Pacific following her recovery from under 260 feet of ice in Greenalnd, and subsequent restoration. Given this extreme depth, the expedition’s original plan to dig or blast the planes out of the ice was no longer feasible. Frazer, a World War II history buff, knew a lot about the P-38. It was generally believed that they would be found in a state of near-perfect preservation, most likely buried near the surface and relatively intact. They had survived their crash-landing and several days stranded on a desolate ice sheet, all without so much as an injury. May 23, 2017; Story By Matt Moghaddam; The first rule of the Off-Roaders code is a simple, but important one: No one is left behind. Have you ever been in an airport between 8-12 at night? I do hope they were compensated for their bravery. Not to mention the fact that no less than 10 mechanics and staff had a job (during the 10 year period many came and went. Glacier Girl survives its own ice age. This thermal meltdown generator slowly carved a long shaft deep into the ice, crawling deeper and deeper until it finally struck something solid: the wing of a B-17. I was also very glad to see the happy ending! :). It would be nice to see one of the SR-71s fly every once in a while, but they cost a million or two just to put up in the air, but still I would like to see one fly at an airshow once ot twice a year. Maybe, but we love the Glacier Girl and everything for which she stands. “I always love coming here and looking at the warbirds,” she said. (I hear it is going to live in Texas). Glacier Girl was part of a squadron of six P-38s and two B-17s en route to Iceland in 1942 when bad weather forced them to crash-land on a glacier in Greenland. The Lightning called “Glacier Girl” amped that enthusiasm even higher at SUN ‘n FUN 2018. In October 2002, … May 20, 2018 by Frederick Johnsen. The last piece— the six thousand pound center section— proved to be the most difficult, requiring that the shaft be widened and a special manually-operated hoist be used. Once aboard, they were treated to showers, dry clothes, and a hot meal. http://www.rb-29.net/HTML/03RelatedStories/03.03shortstories/03.03.09contss.htm, Just the feeling of being there when you uncovered something so old and with such a great story to it must feel good… Great story. ‘Course, so was the Spitfire. All to keep it inside of the city limits, so as to keep political control of the clout: contracts, jobs, money, and power. I think it was because someone had to come back to tell the story. This particular plane had been piloted by his friend, the late Harry Smith. How can this be bad? (It never started as a museum. Look close and you should see little counterweights on the elevator: when the aircraft went near-mach 1, the counterweights kept the elevator from resonating and shaking the plane apart – a fix they considered “hi-tech.” Silly point? While I’m not entirely fond of the P-61, it’s still got a high cool factor, and that Black Widow site is tres cool! • I think the Air Force should take care of a few of these airplanes. It shows a lot of the equipment they used and the difficulties that they encountered. As long as it is moving, our culture will perservere. Why bother? Any thy thing will help. Recovery of “Glacier Girl” was nothing short of incrediable when you think about it but a great example of “Good Ole Boys” at their very best! The problem is not that we need more airport gates…we need to better utilize the airport space that is currently available. Hey Wingnut: Thanks! I loved learning about the designer, Kelly Johnson. I told him,,”well sir,,,I watch wayyy too much tv.” LOL. Next was Robert Wilson, who had retracted his landing gears after watching McManus’s attempt go awry. Good luck Bob, and we will be watching!! Kevin Bouffard can be reached at kevin.bouffard@theledger.com or at 863-401-6980. On July 15, 1942, a flight of six P-38s and two B-17 bombers, with a total of 25 crew members on board, took off from Presque Isle Air Base in Maine headed for the U.K. The heart of aviation can’t be explained…it simply is what it is. Digging up this old beauty is near-term archeology – my children could learn from this particular waste of money, specifically that technical issues are not always dealt with by logging into Google or loading up some app with data, but by thinking about them. His plane slid smoothly across the snow on its belly, and once it stopped he leaped from the cockpit to dash almost a half mile through knee-deep snow to the overturned plane. I was enthralled by military aircraft, they were so clunky and simplistic and frequently they were just plain purposefully ugly. If the article/Alan Bellows is correct the money was raised and spent by individuals and non governmental organizations. Still, the guy who led the expo was a pilot, an aviation historian, and I suspect you couldn’t have dragged him away from that hulk with a 20 mule team. In the early days of the Second World War, Allied forces began Operation Bolero, a daring and risky effort to bring American planes to the European theater by way of secret airbases in the far north. You should have seen the look on the pilots face when I walked up and asked him,” Is this a “J” model?” Shocked he said, “yes, how old are you?” I told him and he asked me how the heck I knew that. Similar story to the “Kee Bird” – another privately-funded expedition to rebuild a B-29 that was crash landed up in Thule. I don’t own a turntable. But the abandoned planes of the Lost Squadron were not forgotten, and between 1977 and 1990, eleven different teams tried and failed to find and recover the aircraft. And your story about dogfights…I was stuffing M-80’s into old Stukas and FW190’s and other German air apparatus and blowing them to bits in mock strafing run recreations with a P-38 in my free hand, making “Vrooom!” noises and gunning them down on the ground… Ah, those were the days. The current owner paid $10 million for Glacier Girl, which cost $3 million to restore. Digital access or digital and print delivery. No, we didn’t keep it in a locked hanger that only a few snobs could come and view it, like a lot of these kind of planes are. The rescued airmen slept as they waited for the Coast Guard cutter to arrive later that day. This is far less of a waste than simply filling peoples hands with money. There are already 3 airports in the area. Glacier Girl will appear at the Oshkosh, Wisconsin the last week of July. Money has to move for there to be an economy and the more hands that touch it, the better. Whether you're a Yota guy, Jeeper, desert racer or overlander, the cree among them remains the same. Robert Grosvenor said: “While I was working on the P-38 (nicknamed “Glacier Girl” by Roy Shoffner), (who by the way paid for the whole project out of his checking account). inside ones belly to accomplish the impossible. It morphed into that by necessity). The men found the ice cave to be uncomfortable and treacherous, with very little room to move, constant dripping water, and occasional chunks of ice falling from the ceiling. 491 people like this. They are all 80 or more years old. Almost exactly fifty years after his crash-landing, at the age of seventy-four, pilot Brad McManus was there to stand amidst the disassembled wreckage of the exhumed P-38. I truly feel sorry for those here and elsewhere that cannot understand the concept of having such a fire When I started reading this I was expecting another story of crashed airmen slowly dying in an inhospitable environment. The profit from these wouldn’t pay the phone bill, electric bill, hanger rent, or water bill. how come nobody reconiguises pizzagalli construction co. for getting the plane out of the ice ? of these sad sacks we’d all still be in caves. A few times, a strike of a chisel would send fractures racing across the ceiling of the cave, causing a number of tense moments for workers. It was like a movie production for them aeronautic people. For more…um…frigid reasons. If you wish to repurpose this copyrighted work, you must obtain permission. In the years following World War 2, the P-38 and B-17 airframes soon became obsolete and were decommissioned, many of them being melted down for scrap metal. Alan Bellows is the founder/designer/head writer/managing editor of Damn Interesting. Just stop spending and start saving instead. If WW2 aircraft interest you, check out http://www.redtail.org/airmen/tusk_squadrons.html this is a great org that is always looking for help (muscle and monetary), and has a fantastic history. Now I want to know how much of the current Glacier Girl is actually made from parts fabricated 60 years ago. He knew that if the ground was solid enough to allow the plane to land this way, he could liftoff and fly back to base once a fuel drop could be made. We, as Americans, should never forget all of the brave men and women who sacrificed much during those years, and I for one, salute them all. After the initial sting of the failure wore off, the men considered the situation further. It was the fighter flown by Richard Bong, the top World War II ace credited with shooting down 40 Japanese aircraft. Let them provide some service for the welfare they receive. Glacier Girl The Lockheed P-38 saved from an icy tomb is now the star attraction in a previously quiet Kentucky town. Everything appeared to be going smoothly for the first two hundred yards or so, but the front landing gear buckled under the pressure, immediately flipping the P-38 onto its back. Thank you Mr. Grosvenor for sharing your story, and working so hard to save Glacier Girl. On October 26, 2002, 20,000 turned out to watch Glacier Girl taxi down the runway for her first public flight since her long, icy slumber. I had the pleasure of seeing her up close and personal at the 2005 EAA Convention in Oshgosh, Wisconsin this year, nice plane, flew well…. Oh, and the P-51 (D model). Hundreds have stopped by to see and learn about Glacier Girl and to snap a picture alongside her, he said. What a real shame it is. She can now be seen at air shows in the USA. More than one veteran fought back tears of amazement at the factory-condition fighter, once snow-bound now soaring effortlessly into the Kentucky sky as if her mission were never interrupted. Yet no one seems to decry these wastes of resources. I’m glad I was wrong. This five-foot-tall, four-foot-diameter cylinder was suspended by a chain and hoist, and it had a cone-shaped tip which was wrapped in copper hot-water lines. I drew more pictures of P-38’s as a kid than all other aircraft combined. Nope. Sigh. Anyway, these politicians have tried to rationalize the NEED for the airport because of all the jobs that will be created. As the planes gained altitude, temperatures inside fell to ten degrees below zero Fahrenheit. If I were rich, I would fund this before spending my money on a gold plated car for example. After three days in the freezing temperatures, one of the radio operators finally received a Morse code message from base, confirming the squadron’s position and condition. Persons in the affected area do not want to relocate and if they have to…they will not get fair market value for their properties. Formerly owned by J. Roy Shoffner of Middlesboro, Kentucky, in 2003, 'Glacier Girl' was awarded the Neil A. Armstrong Aviation Heritage Trophy, becoming Grand Champion by an overwhelming vote. It took a different team called Greenland Expedition Society years to pinpoint where the aircraft was and through a lot of time and effort, brought it up to the surface. Now, if you want to talk ‘social engineering,’ it might be better for it to go into the pockets of people who believe in MY politics instead of the damned Republicans and oil barons….but I digress. It is hard to even comprehend, so we need to never forget what caused that mess. The B-17s would follow about thirty minutes later, once their fuel had been further depleted. I wish the government had thought ahead to preserve some more of the great airplanes. Alice Plumlee, 58, met Glacier Girl for the first time on Saturday, but she still stirred memories of her father, Jim Pollock, a World War II Navy veteran. And you don’t have to pay Tom Cruise or else to do it. This allows for more jobs, and more tax money is generated. Is there room for improvement, yes always. Patrick Epps and Richard Taylor led an expedition to the the ice cap which used steam to bore a hole and locate airplane parts buried under the Greenland ice. Operation Glacier Girl: The 5-Month Recovery of 2 Snowbound Rigs on the Rubicon. Matthews' history with Glacier Girl goes back to the early 1980s, when he attended a New Jersey air show and first learned about the Greenland Expedition Society, the group formed by Roy Shoffner, a wealthy Kentucky businessman, and Pat Epps, owner of an Atlanta aviation company. :-). No, I am glad someone took the time and money to rebuild the P-38 so we can all give some thought to those years and all of the people who gave their lives so we may live in peace. Copyright © 21 May 2006 All Rights Reserved. Ten years and $4 million of restoration expense later, owner Ed Shoffer watches his P-38, now affectionately known by its new name, Glacier Girl, fly again for the first time since 1942. I have to admire those workers who went 268 feet under ice in extremely dangerous conditions. Amazingly, all … And one of the most versatile fighters of the war. Lockheed P-38E Lightning “Glacier Girl”, Chino, California . On Oct. 26, 2002, 20,000 turned out to watch Glacier Girl taxi down the runway for her first public flight since her long, icy slumber. After ninety minutes of flying blind with only intermittent radio contact, the clouds cleared sufficiently for the flight group to ascertain its position: they were over the east coast of Greenland, about two hours from the nearest airport… and they had only twenty minutes of fuel remaining. Manage Subscriptions. Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. P-38 Lightning “Glacier Girl” Taking off . This P-38 recently discovered, named “Echo,” was first detected in 2011. Optimize the available capacity before sticking your hands in my pockets and helping yourself to my hard earned dollars. another_viewpoint must live in my neck of the woods, i.e., Chicagoland. Ships, cars, and LOTS of WWII aircraft. I all to often hear teeth-gnashing over one expenditure being ‘better’ than another, but at the level of having a robust economy, it matters not what the cash is being spent on. I was all over this story when it hit the mainstream press. No money is ever wasted.. its not as if the money used for this expedition was used to burn a campfire. All text/images/media © copyright their respective creators What a terrific story, it seems the pluck and spirit of the excavators matched that of the earlier airmen. The P-38 was – and remains – one of my favorites: a swan amid the ducks. Given that is was privately funded, I fail to see how people can legitimately complain. And maybe a Curtiss Jenny – my dad actually flew one back in the late 1930’s. Log In. Strange? Nice to see a happy ending to one of these tales. It would make an exciting blockbuster wouldn’t it? • Receive an email notification whenever we post new original content. 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