Welcome to Warbird Wednesday! Today we are looking at the P2V Neptune aircraft, which served primarily in the late 1940s to the mid-1960s. This aircraft had various roles, including anti-submarine warfare, maritime surveillance, and nuclear bombing capability. Equipped with jet engines and piston engines, it could operate for extended periods using the more fuel-efficient piston engines. A variation of the P2 called the "Truculent Turtle" held the record for the longest flight without refueling

Haaa!!! A little Neptune | Mike At Reeves Restoration

Our Lockheed Neptune Takes Back the Sky. After two years of meticulous refurbishment, our former RAAF Neptune A89-273 reclaims its spot this weekend as the world's only flying example of this remarkable long-range maritime surveillance aircraft. In service with RAAF 10 Squadron out of Townsville from 1962 to 1977 until its replacement by the Lockheed Orion, the P2V-7 Neptune is powered by four engines -- two 18-cylinder Wright 3350 radials and two Westinghouse J-34 turbo-jets – with all includin