Bob Cardin will make a special presentation on ‘Glacier Girl’ at the Lone Star Museum on January 11. [Courtesy: Lone Star Flight Museum]
Key Takeaways:
The Lone Star Flight Museum is hosting "Glacier Girl," a P-38F Lightning famously salvaged in 1992 after being buried under 268 feet of ice in Greenland for 50 years.
Part of the "Lost Squadron" that made an emergency landing in 1942, its extraordinary recovery and meticulous 10-year restoration transformed it into a unique flying showpiece.
Expedition leader Bob Cardin will deliver a special presentation at the museum on January 11, detailing the challenging salvage operation of "Glacier Girl."
Lone Star Flight Museum at Ellington Airport (KEFD) in Houston has a special visitor through the end of the month: Glacier Girl, the P-38F Lightning salvaged from beneath 268 feet of ice.
The aircraft is on loan from the Air Legends Foundation. According to museum officials, this is the first time the famous warbird has been on display there.
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Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.
