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Description
| Manufacturer: | Lockheed |
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| Base model: | P2V | ||
| Designation: | P2V | ||
| Version: | -7 | ||
| Nickname: | Neptune | ||
| Equivalent to: | P-2H P2HP-2H | ||
| Designation System: | U.S. Navy / Marines | ||
| Designation Period: | 1923-1962 | ||
| Basic role: | Patrol | ||
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Specifications
| Length: | 91' 8" | 27.9 m | |
| Wingspan: | 103' 10" | 31.6 m | |
| Wingarea: | 1,000.0 sq ft | 92.8 sq m | |
| Empty Weight: | 49,935 lb | 22,646 kg | |
| Gross Weight: | 73,139 lb | 33,169 kg | |
| Max Weight: | 79,895 lb | 36,233 kg | |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 2 | ||
| Powerplant: | Wright R-3350-32W | ||
| Horsepower (each): | 3500 | ||
Performance
| Range: | 2,200 miles | 3,542 km | |
| Cruise Speed: | 188 mph | 302 km/h | 163 kt |
| Max Speed: | 403 mph | 648 km/h | 350 kt |
| Climb: | 1,760 ft/min | 536 m/min | |
| Ceiling: | 22,000 ft | 6,705 m | |
Known serial numbers
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| Mid-Atlantic Air Museum | Reading | Pennsylvania |
| Museum of Aviation | Warner Robins AFB | Georgia |
| Pima Air & Space Museum | Tucson | Arizona |
P-2H on display
Mid-Atlantic Air Museum | Museum of Aviation |
Recent comments by our visitors
| Tom Mehsling Byers, CO | I got some flight time in a civilian P2V-7 that belonged to a group called Military Heritage Command in Denver C0.
The maintenance proved to be to much for the few people that were qualified to work on it. And to expensive to keep pilots qualified. So it got traded for 2 O-2's. The group has since disbanded. Back to the P2,our crew chief was Bob (pappy) Kline. Lennie, I have Bob's e-mail address. E-mail me, and in the mean time I'll e-mail him and see if he wants to give it out. 04/14/2008 @ 18:27 [ref: 20556] |
| Kev Rosser malanda, WY | I was posted to 10 squadron, based in Townsville Queensland (Australia) in 1973. it was the best time I had in the Royal Australian Air force. I was a Radio Technichian and the Neptune was stuffed to the hilt with electronics! I became the expert on the 2.5 megawatt radar and traveled thousands of miles in the aircraft, performing tasks such as performing preflight and afterflight servicings and trying to keep the huge amount of electronic systems serviceable. One of the routine trips we used to do was a 40 hour round trip flying , to Cocos Islands in the Indian Ocean. A devastating amount of time to spend in an aircraft which had a ceiling of 8000 feet and a speed of 250 knots. More if you want it! 12/31/2007 @ 01:31 [ref: 19096] |
| Lennie Bourgeois Valparaiso, FL | I was in VP-23 from 1958 to the end of 1961 and have over 2000hr flight time on this great bird. I reported in as an ADR2 and left as an ADR2. I was on 141231 last, as plane captain with LCDR Phillips as PC. Made many deployments with the squadron: Argencia, Roosy Roads, Malta, Keflavic, and maybe some I don't remember. I think this is one of the strongest of the "last of the recips". When I first started flying in the P2V-7 ADJ2 Bob "Pappy" Kline was the plane captain. I'd like to hear of any VP-23ers. LennieB 11/20/2007 @ 14:06 [ref: 18604] |
| JASON PERSONS , OR | JASON PERSONS jake0869@verizon.net 07/14/2007 @ 00:29 [ref: 17095] |
| JASON PERSONS BEAVERTON, OR | MY FATHER LT. CMDR. GEORGE R. PERSONS FLEW THE P2V7 NEPTUNE. IF SOMEONE HAS ANY INFORMATION OR KNEW HIM, PLEASE REPLY. THANKS!! 07/14/2007 @ 00:17 [ref: 17093] |
| thomas Schwab Mango, FL |
I flew the sp2h neptune in two different squadrons from l965-1969. Two tours in vietnam flying operation Market time patrol along the coast. I first flew with vp-17 then transfered to vp-1, also had the opportunity to train crewmen to fly the p-3 orion. Personally I liked the p2 much better. I was first electronics tech aboard and flew julie ecm and radar positions. Loved every minute of my time in the bird. I believe we had one of the best pilots in the squadron, a Lt. "Mac" Mc Mannus. His co-pilot was referred to as crash and burn Barney. (Crew joke) P.S we did a lot of barn storming in the old girl, quite a performer! Later, Tom 05/04/2007 @ 11:56 [ref: 16398] |
| James Goheen ballwin, MO | Iwas on a half set of flight skins in the spring of1964 in Kodiak Alaska with VP2 and was in YC 9 when we crash landed. We all walked away!! what a way to earn $28.50 extra!! Vp2 has an association, any ex Vp2 sailors can join. reunion every 2 years next reunion is in San Diego 2008. 12/08/2006 @ 16:41 [ref: 14953] |
| Carmen Grap Scottsburg, IN | I flew as 2nd. Mech. & later as Plane Captain with VP-18 out NAS JAX & then out of Rosevelt Roads, Porto Rico from 1962 thru March 1965. The day I arrived at VP-18 they removing the last nose gun turret from one the P2's. I was an air man mech. (3 striper) at the time straight out of NAS Memphes training command and was assigned to nigh check. 3 months later I volenteer for Flight Crew. The Cubin Missel Chrises in full swing & several crew members decided to stop flying it was as though fate had stepped in and gave me a ticket to the greatest adventure of my life. I was deployed to Argentia, Newfoundland where we flew ASW & ice patroles south of Greenland and the Canadian coast. We flew into Tule & Sonderstrom,Greenland & into Goose Bay, Lebradore.
In July of 1963 VP-18 had a split deployment between Reykjavik, Iceland & Rota, Spain. My Crew & I (LG 2)went to Iceland where we flew ASW patroles (Cold Roads) across the North Atlantic between Iceland, Greenland & Northren Europe. We left Iceland on Dec. 15th 1963 and started our next deployment to NAS Keywest 4 weeks later. I was Plane Captain of LG-2 at this time. In September of 1964 my Crew & I were part of early movement to relocate VP-18 to it's new home base at Rosi Roads, PR. with a perminent deployment to Gitmo Bay, Cuba. I left VP-18 in March of 1965 and left behind the most exciting time in a young mans life I could possibly magine all made possible by fate & a Great Bird the P2V-7. 09/17/2006 @ 22:48 [ref: 14199] |
| Paul E. Miller Orangeville, PA | I began my Naval Career on the P2V-7's in VP-23 in Brunswick,Maine in 1963. Personally, I think they are a beautiful Aircraft. I was there until late 1964 when they were getting ready to commission the America and had to leave. Sure wish I stayed in VP-23 with our Neptunes. 08/09/2006 @ 18:43 [ref: 13837] |
| Jim Golden Bowie, MD | I was flying on 140437 as radioman, when Joe Simkovich was flying on 140436 and have additional photos of both aircraft, if anyone is interested. There were four of that series. I was radioman on 140434 when it crashed at Ontario, California on August 11, 1958 and later flew on 140439 during Operation Deeepfreeze IV. Two similar P2V-2N SKI planes of an earlier series (122465 and 122466) crashed during Operation Deepfreeze II. 01/03/2006 @ 12:02 [ref: 12076] |
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