Patrol Squadron P2v & P3 Video

[hokulealinda]

Wonderful video. My dad, here with me now, flew P2V 1959-1962 Alaska. He was Plane Captain. NAVY. Plane Captain. WWII vet. HARRY B. BARNETT

Thanks!

[i8befire7]

I was stationed in Argencia Newfoundland in 1952/53. I was a Sea Bee and had to keep the runways clean of snow. When one of the P3 would come into land all you could see was the tip of the tail, we had them slide off of the runways, front wheels collapsed you name it and we had to lift them up with slings to get them off of the runway. the weather was terrible for people and aircraft.

[gstone42]

My Dad was on the P2v's in VP 28. That is an elegant looking bird...thanks for the vid

[758medic]

What a beautiful tribute to the P2V and her crews. I flew as a AT on LE-6 out of Brunswick with VP-11 back in the 60's and during the Cuban Missile Crisis, proud of those times and shipmates. Thanks for the great job you did on this, and my son for sending me the post!  ER

[stevenegri]

Put about 1500 hours in as a crew member on one of these glorious aircraft (SP2E/P2V Neptune) with LA "The Mad Foxes" on the tail - VP-5 - based in Jacksonville FL. Deployed to Signonella Sicily, Guantanamo Bay. Great memories now, all the bad memories are long since faded away. 1963-1966. At the end of my enlistment I was an Anti Submarine Warfare Technician 2nd Class. We transitioned to the P3 late in my stay. Put a few hundred hours on them as well.

[richiesaw]

Not every flowers can sit on water but Lottus can.

Not every birds can fly high but falcon can.

Not every monkeys can b Pilots but u can. u r the best hahaha. just fun. Keep it real Neptune.

[onocor]

I flew in VP-8, LC-10 Flight crew. Our plane #131538. I went on crew as a metalsmith, but mostly flew second radio, or in the bow. We had a Canadian Flight Lieutenant as our Co-Pilot. Mostly up North to Argentia, Newfoundland, or South to Puerto Rico. I also loved Flights to Bermuda.

[green66vw]

im pretty sure my Great uncle Bob maintand these during the korean war.

[joanegillette]

Fantastic pics. I am with a 89 year old pilot who flew this aircraft for 15 years. It brought back many thoughts. "It was a capable and mobile plane. I flew it from the US mainland to Hawaii as well as from SF to Africa and Europe and it never let me down, never an engine failure, with the jets adequate power,...that's enough."

[BlueSharkVP6]

Loved that P2 V.Flew as Air Crew in them with VP-6 back in the fifties.You even have one or two of our old Birds in the Video. Tail Code BE then later changed to CE..

Been out now for over fifty years,but the memory never dims...

Thanks for posting this. "Old Blue Shark" .

[acr47]

NAS Willow Grove, we trained fighter jocks to transition into these "fixed wing" muti engine jobs before the P-3 came out. Fixed wing lol, those wings flap when this bird flies. I wasn't aircrew but always wanted to fly. My CO took me a few times on training flights and I got the forward observers seat, run all the way forward with my toes hanging in the clouds., and when you pop out of the clouds at 5K who needs roller coasters, I have P2 pilots. Aviators are the greatest.

[PSAGroup2010]

Great pictures!

[patsmith28]

I am currently working at a hanger where p2v's are water tankers when the RCAF had them were a hell of an aircraft and still are.

[sillimiss]

my grandfather was a P-2v pilot and the CO of NAS willow grove

[admiral8079]

My father was in vp-9 in a p-3 back in the 80's.What I would give to go back in time and be there.

[P2VNeptuneAC]

I was an AE and flew as AC out of N,A,S, Glenview, from 1965 to 1970. I loved the P2 and was lucky to fly in the nose observation seat. I got to crew on the C118 and the DC3; man what a time of life that was. I wish I could go back and do it again.

[cando2145]

Flew as AIR Crew NASNY at Floyd Bennet Field Air Tar 1966-1971 wish I could do it all over again ,worked as a ADR3 Thanks for the memories .

[PuzzlingEvidenceTV]

I can still hear them climbing out during school as a kid....

[TJDOZIER1]

Nice tribute to a great old airplane. My father help build the P2-V while He worked at Lockheed.