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	The Lockheed P2V Neptune & Martin Mercator
		Neptunes would be significant participants in secret "ferret" missions around (and sometimes over) the borders of the Soviet Union and other Communist bloc nations to characterize adversary defenses.
		The Neptune was a smaller and simpler aircraft, and Lockheed had spent several years in preliminary design before the Navy committed to the type.
		As a result, Neptune development was straightforward and rapid, with the first prototype flying in the spring of 1945.
	www.vectorsite.net /avp2v.html (6045 words)

	Lockheed P2V Neptune
		The Lockheed P2V Neptune was a twin-engine, long-range patrol bomber used by the US Navy during the Korean War.
		The P2V entered service with the US Navy in March 1947, and 1,181 were built.
		Many variants of the Neptune were produced, and it was supplied to many US allies.
	www.korean-war.com /KWAircraft/US/Navy/lockheed_p2v_neptune.html (138 words)

	Lockheed Neptune P2V-7 (147566) - VH-LRR
		Neptune 566 was one of twenty six operated by the French armed forces from 15th April, 1969 and was allocated to French Marine Escardrille 12 Squadron.
		Neptune 566 was placed on the Australian civil register as VH-LRR, and, after a number of public appearances at air shows, was positioned to Tamworth for storage and care.
		In September 1999 the aircraft was ferried from Tamworth to Bankstown for the purpose of undergoing an extensive overhaul programme by the Society.
	www.hars.org.au /fleet/neptune_566/index.html (433 words)

	P2 Virtual Tour
		The P2V was also the last US military aircraft to feature the Emerson ball turret, which was installed for a time in the aircraft nose, and was the last radial engine powered bomber accepted for delivery by the US.
		P2V "Neptunes" were operated by the US Navy, Army and Air Force, as well as Argentina, Australia, Brazil, France, the Netherlands, Portugal, and the United Kingdom.
		The Neptune travels to five or six airshows each year, where it performs fly-bys for the crowd and is also opened for tours to the general public.
	www.vp4association.com /P2_Neptune/P2_Neptune.htm (1527 words)

	Canada's Air Force, Aircraft: Lockheed CP-127 (P2V-7) Neptune
		The Neptune served in Maritime Air Command from 1955 until it was replaced by the Canadair Argus in 1968.
		First flown in 1944, the Neptune was eventually equipped with both piston and jet engines--one of the only Aircraft types ever to receive such a modification.
		Neptune 24120 of the RCAF's Maritime Air Command served from 30 March, 1955 until the entirety of the 25 Aircraft fleet was struck off strength on 31 July, 1968, none of them ever having been so seriously damaged as to have been struck off strength prior to fleet retirement.
	www.airforce.forces.gc.ca /equip/historical/neptunelst_e.asp (337 words)

	Lockheed Neptune P2V-7 (A89-273) - VH-IOY
		P2V-7 Neptune A89-273 (later designated SP-2H) was built at Lockheed's Burbank plant in California, USA at a cost of $818,452.33.
		Neptune A89-273 VH-IOY is the only former RAAF Lockheed Neptune flying in Australia and is maintained, operated and crewed by members of HARS who maintain a high degree of maintenance and safety, and continually strive to maintain the aircraft in immaculate condition.
		With large amounts of spare parts and engines available it is anticipated that Neptune A89-273 will continue to be maintained in a flying condition and appearing at air shows throughout Australia for many years to come.
	www.hars.org.au /fleet/neptune_273/index.html (336 words)

	All Wood Wings: P2V-7 Neptune (SP2-H)
		Neptunes were also deployed experimentally by the Air Force as night attack aircraft and some versions dropped electronic sensors on truck routes in Laos in hopes of detecting enemy convoys.
		Also, Neptunes were fitted with skis for use in the Arctic and Antarctic.
		In their Arctic role as cargo transports they incorporated a unique system in which the cargo was carried in a specially designed module that was fitted into the bomb bay of the aircraft.
	allwoodwings.com /1-MilitaryPlanes/P2V-7,Neptune,USN-MasterSeries.htm (357 words)

	Last flight of P2V # 14 parked outside Aviation Classics Limited at the Reno Stead airport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		For those not familiar with the P2V (Neptune) it was a ASW (Anti-Submarine Warfare) aircraft used by the Navy from the 50's through the sixties, and again for special ops.
		When I arrived I saw that the P2V was now located on the ramp in front of one of the private hangars.
		In mid April the Neptune was made ready to fly but due to an early start of the fire season there were no pilots availabe to fly it to Missoula.
	www.softcom.net /users/buzz/Flightof14.html (1210 words)

	NATIONAL MUSEUM of NAVAL AVIATION - COLLECTIONS - AIRCRAFT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Designated the P2V "Neptune", it grossed out at 61,000 lbs, was powered by two 2,300 hp Wright engines with a maximum speed of 303 mph, possessed three.50 caliber machine gun turrets (later converted to 20 mm cannons), an enclosed bomb-bay capable of carrying two torpedoes or twelve depth charges, and provisions for sixteen underwing rockets.
		It was not in the patrol-bomber role that the P2V became famous, but rather as a record setter.
		In 1946 a P2V named the "Truculent Turtle" flew non-stop from Perth, Australia (with a kangaroo on board) to Columbus, Ohio, a distance of 11,235 miles in 55 hours 17 minutes - a record for the longest flight without refueling that stood for 16 years.
	broadcast.illuminatedtech.com /display/story.cfm?bp=104&sid=8029 (338 words)

	Lockheed P2V / RB69A Neptune
		During the Korean War the US Navy operated a number of specially equipped Lockheed P2V Neptune’s flying ELINT sorties against the Soviet Union and two aircraft were eventually lost on these operations.
		The Neptune suited the CIA because it was a reliable, proven aircraft that met their mission requirements and could benefit from world-wide US Navy support facilities.
		Unfortunately the US Navy, reluctant to bear the brunt of criticism should a CIA spy Neptune be lost with their markings, declined to allow the aircraft to operate under US Navy cover.
	www.spyflight.co.uk /p2v.htm (1315 words)

	P2V Neptune in Action; Savoia Marchetti S.79 In Action Book Review by Brett Green (Squadron/Signal)
		P2V Neptune in Action and Savoia Marchetti S.79 in Action
		The Neptune continues to serve to the present day, so this will be a limitation for modellers depicting an aircraft from the last fifteen years.
		The original issue of these three titles date back to the mid 1980s, but they are still relevant and helpful today even though the Neptune book is missing a chunk of modern history.
	www.kitreview.com /reviews/sm79andneptunebookreviewsbg_1.htm (408 words)

	Missoulian - An air of change
		Neptune's operating, maintenance and training procedures are seen as the model for future regulations in the aerial firefighting industry.
		Neptune began pushing for change - more extensive maintenance and training, better working conditions and pay - almost immediately after it got into the aerial firefighting business in 1993 by purchasing the assets of Black Hills Aviation.
		Neptune, in fact, is the model by which future regulations will be patterned, they said.
	missoulian.com /articles/2003/04/13/news/top/news01.txt (2799 words)

	P2V Neptune Info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The P2V Neptune did not serve in WWII, though it was designed during the war.
		The project was begun as a private venture at Lockheed-Vega on December 6, 1941, in an effort to design a Navy patrol aircraft with greater range and load carrying ability than was currently available.
		The Neptune became the mainstay of Navy land-based patrol squadrons for 15 years, and was kept in production until April 1962, appearing in seven main varieties and numerous minor variations.
	www.daveswarbirds.com /usplanes/aircraft/neptune.htm (303 words)

	P2V-6/ -7 (P-2H) Neptune
		The first of 838 Neptunes was delivered to the US Navy in March 1947, and the aircraft went on to serve as the standard ASW platform for many Western countries well into the 1960s such as France, the USA, the UK, Japan, Australia, the Netherlands, Portugal, Brazil, Argentina and Canada.
		Built over seven distinct sub-types, the Neptune evolved into a superb maritime patrol aircraft, which was also produced in piston-engined from by Kawasaki in Japan.
		The French P2V-7 Neptune's fleet was composed by four subvariants which corresponded to their delivery batch and their BuAer : there were 16 Neptunes batch 144 000 and 146 000, 10 Neptunes batch 147 000 and finally 8 examples batch 148 000.
	frenchnavy.free.fr /aircraft/neptune/neptune.htm (811 words)

	Lockheed RB-69A Neptune (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The designation RB-69A was applied to seven Neptune twin-engined land-based patrol planes acquired by the USAF for special ELINT (Electronic Intelligence) gathering missions.
		The RB-69As were basically P2V-7 (redesignated P-2H in 1962) versions of the Neptune, and were powered by a pair of 3500 hp Wright R-3350-32W Twin Wasp turbocompound radial engines and a pair of 3400 lb.s.t Westinghouse J34-WE-36 turbojets, one underneath each wing.
		The P2V-7 differed from earlier Neptunes in having a smaller ventral radome and smaller wingtip fuel tanks, plus it had a revised cockpit with a clear, bulged canopy.
	home.att.net /~jbaugher2/b69.html (584 words)

	Lockheed P2V Neptune - en
		The Lockheed P2V Neptune is largely a forgotten aircraft, as it arrived too late for World War II and was eventually overshadowed by its replacement, the Lockheed P3 Orion; but the Neptune served in large numbers as the aerial backbone of the West's defense of the oceans.
		The last US-built model of the Neptune was the P2V-7, with yet another uprated Wright radial, the R-3350-32W, with 4,000 HP take-off power.
		A total of 1,188 Neptunes were built in all; the aircraft was highly successful and had a long and productive lifetime.
	www.military.cz /usa/air/post_war/p2v/p2v_en.htm (632 words)

	P2V Flight
		About one-and-a-half hours later the Navy P2V crew had located their target within the many unpopulated islands off the north coast of Cuba’s Camaguey Province.
		When the high-level runs for the wide-angle shots were completed the P2V pilot, a Lieutenant Sparks, made numerous low-level runs in order for the photographer to shoot individual ships to ID their names and numbers.
		Sparks, his crew and P2V squadron were permanently stationed at NAS Jacksonville, TDY’d to Gtmo.
	www.angelfire.com /fl5/jackserig/Misc/P2VFlight.html (705 words)

	Hasegawa 1/72 SP-2H Neptue 'Canadian Air Force'
		The P2V Neptune was borne of an early 1940's requirement for a long range, land based Navy patrol bomber.
		It was fortunate for Lockheed that the P2V was a very effective aircraft and it was able to keep building planes while other companies suffered through the lean years after the war.
		The P2V kit was not new when I first saw it in 1974 in Japan and it has been frequently reissued with a number of different decal sheets.
	modelingmadness.com /scotts/viet/p2preview.htm (707 words)

	Loaded for Bear (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Lockheed P2V Neptune was the first aircraft created from the ground up specifically for the ASW role (Anti Submarine Warfare).
		The rocket equipped P2V depicted in this image experiences one of the biggest thrills any P2 crew could have - spotting and tracking a Soviet sub.
		In this case it is a fog-shrouded 'Foxtrot' class submarine in calm seas sometime during the 1950s or 60s.
	www.feightstudios.com /loaded_for_bear.htm (100 words)

	A89-302 - The Lockheed File (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Its condition is poor and approximately 500 man days will be required to restore the aircraft.
		Neptunes A89-302 and A89-301 are to be assessed with a view to restoring A89-302 as an item of historical interest.
		It is further recommended that one of the current Neptunes be used as a museum piece.
	www.adastron.com /lockheed/neptune/a89-302.htm (416 words)

	Minicraft/Hasegawa 1/72 P2V-7 Neptune, by Joel Hamm
		After several seasons of slaving away at small, limited edition kits of oddities, a change of pace was called for.
		The Neptune was the only land based patrol a/c designed as such from the start.
		A Web search actually provided a few shots of a Neptune’s interior, and several sessions were spent approximating all the intricacies.
	modelingmadness.com /reviews/korean/us/hammp2v.htm (1379 words)

	P3.5.4 Neptune Page
		A Neptune named the "Truculent Turtle"(with additional internal fuel tanks) flew non-stop from Perth, Australia, to Columbus, Ohio, from 29 September to 1 October 1946, a time of 55 hou17 minutes, and an un-refuelled distance of 11,236 miles.
		These were purchased later when the aircraft's marginal performance on one engine became apparent, and were installed locally, without generators.
		Jets were installed in Canadian Neptunes after they left Greenwood service for No.2(M) OTU and MPandEU, Summerside, PEI and 407 Squadron, Comox, BC.
	gmam.ca /neptune.htm (256 words)

	Coffee On The Wing Beam: Memories of the P2V Neptune Flight Journal - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Coffee On The Wing: Beam: Memories of the P2V Neptune by Capt. Brian McGulness VSNR (Ret.); Knights of the Red Branch Press, P.O. Box 296, Clearlake, WA 98235-0296; 138 pages; illustrated; $11.95 (plus $3 S&H).
		An example of this is the operational use of the Lockheed P2V Neptune.
		Former Neptune pilot Brian McGuiness has written a tribute to those who flew that aircraft during the Vietnam War, in particular, and the Cold War era in general.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3897/is_200312/ai_n9310873 (331 words)

	Warbird Alley: Lockheed P2V Neptune
		First flown on 17 May 1945, the Neptune was designed as a maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare aircraft, and this dictated that it have extreme endurance and range, in addition to a large internal weapons bay, defensive capabilities and good short-field capability.
		Although the Neptune just missed involvement in WWII, it was used extensively in both the Korean War and the Vietnam War, becoming the standard Anti-Submarine Warfare platform for not only the USA but the Netherlands, Japan and many other nations.
		A few are pure warbirds, providing their proud owners with the great range, endurance and utility which defined the Neptune's success while in military service.
	www.warbirdalley.com /p2v.htm (278 words)

	US Navy and US Marine Corps BuNos--Third Series (140053 to 145061)
		140151/140160 Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune Redesignated P-2H in 1962.
		140973 Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune - for JMSDF as 4603 140974/140975 Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune Redesignated P-2H in 1962 140976 Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune - for JMSDF as 4604 140977/140978 Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune Redesignated P-2H in 1962 140979 Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune - for JMSDF as 4605 140980 Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune Redesignated P-2H in 1962.
		141244/141245 Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune to JMSDF as 4607/4608 141246/141251 Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune Redesignated P-2H in 1962.
	home.att.net /~jbaugher/thirdseries17.html (10202 words)

	P2V-7 Neptune (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		It is amazing how the clean lines of an original design can be disrupted by assorted bumps and bulges in order to adapt the original design to a role it was actually not even designed to do.
		A great example of this is the P2V Neptune.
		The exhaust stains were especially challenging as the Neptune has very distinctive shapes and contours in the stains.
	members.aol.com /dwaungst/72_Scale/P2V-7_1st.htm (489 words)

	P2v Neptune - Compare Prices, Reviews and Buy at NexTag - Price - Review
		Working from exact blueprints, this authentic replica was sculpted by master craftsmen, entirely by hand using select specially treated mahogany wood.
		This replica of the P2V-5 Neptune Navy aircraft is made from mahogany and very detailed.
		This replica of the P2V-7 Neptune Navy aircraft is made from mahogany and very detailed.
	www.nextag.com /p2v-neptune/search-html (190 words)

	P2V
		All 8 crewmembers were rescued, and the Neptune was written off as a loss.
		The C-130 carrying the drop party would locate NP 8, while the P2V would be standing by in case an immediate extraction was necessary.
		This P2V was on display at the Navy Relief Carnal and Air Show with the Blues - August of '62, I think.
	www.vaq34.com /vxe6/p2v.htm (1990 words)

	p2vneptune.com: The Lockheed P2V Neptune Model Gallery
		A Collection of Neptunes in 1:72 scale representing all of the major color schemes from the early solid Sea Blue to the Final Lt. Gull Gray/White scheme.
		Certainly one of the most impressive builds of the Neptune, an outstanding model of a JMSDF Neptune of the 3rd Kokutai.
		This is a 1/72 scale model carved from scratch from drawings in the P2V in Action booklet.
	p2vneptune.com /mogal01.html (611 words)

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