Hi all! Has been a bit since the last post....A lot has happened in the last 16 months....Got the wings pulled from Annie last May, and have moved them to Missouri. Aquired a Lockheed Lodestar/C-60A last fall as well...This bird is in pretty sad shape, and like Annie, is less firewall...
Sorry it's been so long since my last entry....Sometimes life gets in the way...John, I've been to Mt Comfort a few times since my last post..Have talked via email with PJ a time or two, and have followed the progress on Hot Stuff's engine change....I met Steve at Heber City, Ut. when he and...
PV-2 Harpoon...Recognition lights are located on fuslage centerline, underneath , just aft the bomb-bay doors. In the order mentioned previously
Formation lights are located on the top of the wings...Port wing has a single blue light..Right wing has a blue light and what appears to be a white...
It was a proven fact that the Corsiar was superior to the Mustang..Looking back to the 70's during the Soccor Wars in South America...Not sure of the level of pilot training though...
Holy Cow! I didn't realise that there were 6 pages to this thread when I posted the previous.....Now I have read thru them!
I bought my PV-2 last year...this bird was the bastard of a group of 4 Harpoons auctioned off in 2005 in Wyoming...
I was called by Bill Duff, who had bought my PV...
Most people recognise Kingman, AZ. ....The most aircraft at any disposal site was at Walnut Ridge, Arkansas....There were a lot of other sites across the States....Missouri, Kansas, Ohio, Fl....Ok...Stilwater, where Paul Mantz purchased at that time , the worlds second largest airforce....He did...
Thanks for the quick replys..I've heard the stories about the a/c being disposed of in the most extreme methods...would love to see a pic of a PV-2 in RNZAF trim...Wildcat, thanks for the welcome, It seems we're a little short on the PV-1s stateside...about all were converted to Howard...
Hi,
My first post here...Since buying a PV-2 last year, I've been doing research on the 'Poons....I am interested in talking with anyone that flew, crewed, or just like the ole pigs, like myself.
A lot of my research is in tracking down the surviving PVs...of the 535 PV-2s built, I believe...