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Initial test (captive) were on the A while awaiting the first test B's.
B models all in a row. I'll have no 100000 lbs fighter on my carries
You sure? One looks like an A modelB models all in a row. I'll have no 100000 lbs fighter on my carries
Furthest back is an A other two are B's don't recall but I'm thinking only three B's were made before the Navy threw in the towel. They didn't want anything to do with it to start with.You sure? One looks like an A model
And it's also the B-69! What's not to love about that.The P2V is a favorite. I grew up near enough to Naval Air Station New York to frequently see Neptunes, KC-97s and Skyhawks. One evening I looked up to watch a Neptune pass overhead. I could see the blue exhaust flames, just like Caidin wrote!
I gotta' look that up. I hate getting homework.And it's also the B-69! What's not to love about that.
I gotta' look that up. I hate getting homework.
Always RB-69A, never straight "B-69". The Air Force had a few peculiarities like this where they didn't quite know how to designate "new-but-old" types. Another example is the C-47D gunship, which initially gained the "FC-47D" designation (supposedly because they were unarmed flare ships to begin with, even though the 'F' had never been used in this way), before settling on a more sensible "AC-47D". I wonder what a USAF P4M-1Q would have become?And it's also the B-69! What's not to love about that.
The Kawasaki P-2J (originally P2V-Kai) is a maritime patrol and ASW aircraft developed for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. A turboprop-powered version of the radial-engined P-2 Neptune, the P-2J was developed as an alternative to buying the larger and more expensive P-3 Orion, which would eventually replace the P-2J in the 1980s.
The P2V is a favorite. I grew up near enough to Naval Air Station New York to frequently see Neptunes, KC-97s and Skyhawks. One evening I looked up to watch a Neptune pass overhead. I could see the blue exhaust flames, just like Caidin wrote!
You sure? One looks like an A model
Furthest back is an A other two are B's don't recall but I'm thinking only three B's were made before the Navy threw in the towel. They didn't want anything to do with it to start with.