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Description
| Manufacturer: | Lockheed |
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| Base model: | P2V | ||
| Designation: | P2V | ||
| Version: | -2 | ||
| Nickname: | Neptune | ||
| Designation System: | U.S. Navy / Marines | ||
| Designation Period: | 1923-1962 | ||
| Basic role: | Patrol | ||
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Specifications
| Length: | 77' 10" | 23.7 m | |
| Height: | 28' 1" | 8.5 m | |
| Wingspan: | 100' | 30.4 m | |
| Wingarea: | 1,000.0 sq ft | 92.8 sq m | |
| Empty Weight: | 33,962 lb | 15,402 kg | |
| Gross Weight: | 54,000 lb | 24,489 kg | |
| Max Weight: | 63,078 lb | 28,606 kg | |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 2 | ||
| Powerplant: | Wright R-3350-24W | ||
| Horsepower (each): | 2800 | ||
Performance
| Cruise Speed: | 178 mph | 286 km/h | 154 kt |
| Max Speed: | 320 mph | 515 km/h | 278 kt |
| Climb: | 810 ft/min | 246 m/min | |
| Ceiling: | 26,000 ft | 7,924 m | |
Known serial numbers
Recent comments by our visitors
| Jim Hall , MN | We had both 39318 and 39319 at Whidbey Island in 1950and 51.. Our Squadron VP 812 deployed with 318 ( Our BF 3 )to Kodiak in Sept 50 and returned June 51...Then we got Brand new P2V 5 s.. 319 was with the Fasron ATU at Whidbey.. It was bent,actually, but they kept flying it... It was called "THE THING" I still have a clip board from 319 as a momento... 02/18/2014 @ 17:53 [ref: 68355] |
| Mark Hatcher San Diego, CA | I have the tail gun turret for a -2 sans guns and gunsight if any one needs one.
11/29/2013 @ 15:58 [ref: 68195] |
| John McIntyre , OH | I note that BuNo 39318 is listed....I very clearly remember training in it in the summer of '54 because it was one of the last to have vacuum instruments. I subsequently spent most of my life in land based patrol aircraft and could always get a grin by "recollectin'" that when I was a nugget, I flew both 318 and 319 at Hutch before the days of electric gyros. Thanks for the memory. 07/15/2013 @ 09:27 [ref: 67949] |
| Don West Virginia Beach, VA | I arrived for multi-engine training February, 1955 flying the SNB then the P2V finally navigation training in the PB4Y2 and the Super Connie. My best flight was a check-ride by the other student's friend and instructor. I got an up and he got a down. It was the 45 degree bank for a 360 degree turn with a reversal. I used a "top" rudder and kept my altitude. He didn't and I became "senior" on the "to be commissioned lineal list"--we were NAVCADS, Wings of Gold September 22, 1955 with commission as Ensign backdated to March.
Our worse day there was a P2V took off with split flaps, rolling upside down at the end of the runway killing all hands, including NAVCAD Tex Slater awaiting his turn to receive instruction. All flying ceased and the cadet quarters was stunned silence. 07/08/2013 @ 08:26 [ref: 67937] |
| Don West Virginia Beach, VA | I arrived for multi-engine training February, 1955 flying the SNB then the P2V finally navigation training in the PB4Y2 and the Super Connie. My best flight was a check-ride by the other student's friend and instructor. I got an up and he got a down. It was the 45 degree bank for a 360 degree turn with a reversal. I used a "top" rudder and kept my altitude. He didn't and I became "senior" on the "to be commissioned lineal list"--we were NAVCADS, Wings of Gold September 22, 1955 with commission as Ensign backdated to March.
Our worse day there was a P2V took off with split flaps, rolling upside down at the end of the runway killing all hands, including NAVCAD Tex Slater awaiting his turn to receive instruction. All flying ceased and the cadet quarters was stunned silence. 07/08/2013 @ 08:26 [ref: 67936] |
| Don West Virginia Beach, VA | I arrived for multi-engine training February, 1955 flying the SNB then the P2V finally navigation training in the PB4Y2 and the Super Connie. My best flight was a check-ride by the other student's friend and instructor. I got an up and he got a down. It was the 45 degree bank for a 360 degree turn with a reversal. I used a "top" rudder and kept my altitude. He didn't and I became "senior" on the "to be commissioned lineal list"--we were NAVCADS, Wings of Gold September 22, 1955 with commission as Ensign backdated to March.
Our worse day there was a P2V took off with split flaps, rolling upside down at the end of the runway killing all hands, including NAVCAD Tex Slater awaiting his turn to receive instruction. All flying ceased and the cadet quarters was stunned silence. 07/08/2013 @ 08:26 [ref: 67935] |
| Paul Ward Floresville, TX | My Father AD1 Lee G Ward Sr was a flight engineer on a P2V2. He loved that aircraft. He retired in 1960 at Alameda NAS. I grew up in the shadow of the Moffet field NAS hanger with P-3s flying over head my enire childhood. If you knew my father I would love to hear from you. He died in 1992. He overcame alot after serving in the Army in WWII in europe and then joining the Navy in 1948. His squadron flew the Vladivostoc mission which lost a P-2 during the Korean war. I don't remeber his squadron number, I do know he fly off of the Bennington and the Ticondaroga. He was aboard the Bennington when they lost an elevator deck. He had a blue sharks patch on the back of his Navy flight jacket. Any data would be greatly appreciated. Thank You 01/03/2013 @ 06:45 [ref: 67467] |
| Kenneth Graham Clinton Township, MI | I was stationed at Hutchinson Kansas from 1955 to 1958. I was a Aviation elctrician. It was a pleasure working on the P2v,s and flyng in them---except when it was over 100 degrees, then it was like working in an oven. Droping out of the the rear hatch after the tail of the plane was positioned over the tumbleweeds and brush was fun also. was almost bitten by rattle snakes a few times, you had to shake the brush a few times before you jumped down. (smile)I realiy don't blame them, it was the only shade around. I also remember the drouts and then the floods, but other than that the duty wasn't so bad. When they started to close the base, I was trnsfered to Argentia Newfoundland, WHAT A DIFFERENCE! Like Dorthy I wished I was back Kansas. 07/01/2012 @ 15:26 [ref: 62979] |
| Omar Chavez Princeton, NJ | Vance Kirkpatrick, Charles Kaufman, James Stone, and Joseph Gromofsky: Do either of you remember working with a Russell Foreman at the Hutchinson Naval Station for 1953-1956?
06/15/2012 @ 12:19 [ref: 59993] |
| Ron Vohl Pearland, TX | I was a plane captain on a P2V-2 at Hutch in 66 and helped close the base before we moved to Corpus. Had I stayed in Hutch I may still be in the Navy. Great airplane and still holds world record I think. 03/02/2012 @ 12:12 [ref: 53564] |
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