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    USN VP/VB/VPB Squadron Size

    Leneord, My dad (Philip A Horne) was also a VB-144 pilot, I believe he may be the only living Plankholder from the squadron. I have his logs and there are numerous flights where he flew with your dad. At age ninety-six I'm blessed that he is still lucid and has sharp memories of his...
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    Aircraft-Technological Firsts

    The P-51 was the first aircraft with a laminar flow wing. The Lockheed Model 14 (Super Electra-civilian Hudson-military) was the first aircraft equipped with Fowler flaps. This was an adaptation of a civil aircraft drafted into the military service. With bigger engines it morphed into...
  3. J2F-6 (1945) NAS Agana

    J2F-6 (1945) NAS Agana

  4. P2V-5J VW-3 1955 on Patrol from NAS Agana

    P2V-5J VW-3 1955 on Patrol from NAS Agana

  5. PV-1 NAS Vernalis (VB-144) 1943

    PV-1 NAS Vernalis (VB-144) 1943

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    When did you first become interested in Warbirds?

    I grew up around it. My dad was a Naval Aviator. He was at Coral Sea, Midway and Guadalcanal (VCS-6, SOC's fron New Orleans). During `44 he was a pilot flying PV-1s (VB-144) out of Tarawa. During the 1950's he flew P2Vs and other large aircraft. He retired in 62. I remember his...
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    Naval Flight Training

    It depends. These are what are in my Dad's logbook (1941). Primary: N2S and N3N VS-VO: OS2U and SOC Advanced: SNJ and SNV Instrument: SNJ Seaplane: PBY, What was your Uncle's name? Jonathan Horne
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    Chance encounters with Warbirds...

    About 1978-79 at Sacramento Executive airport there was an aerial photography company that had two photo version P-38's. I saw them fly a few times. Sacramento Exec also had an adjacent duster strip that operated TBF's as crop dusters. I currently reside in southern California and I've...
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    Death Trap Aircraft

    VPNAVY - VP-144 Crew Summary Page - VP Patrol Squadron VPNAVY - VP-144 History Summary Page - VP Patrol Squadron Links are for a picture of my dad and crew (with PV-1) and also some squadron history that was released by the Navy Department in 1944. I found all this stuff in my dad's...
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    Death Trap Aircraft

    I don't think the PV-1 Ventura was a death trap. It didn't provide the Brits with any operational advantage over any other aircraft they had to choose from so they gave it back to the US. The lend lease returned aircraft flew as the PV-3, mostly with training command and US inshore patrols...
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    Best ww2 naval plane?

    The Curtiss SOC prooved itself valiently through out wwii with duty on cruisers and a few battleships. The VCS/VO pilots liked it better than the OS2U, SO3C or the Grumman J2F-5/6. The Grumman only saw shipboard duty on a few Coast Guard Cutters. The Curtiss SO3C was removed from fleet duty...
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    Engine TBOs

    I found an interesting forum thread with pictures at the practical machinist website. The text deals with wartime aircraft TBO's plus it has some real nice Centaurus sleeve engine pictures. Have a look...
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    Engine TBOs

    My (1942) Pratt-Whitney R28000-8/-10 operators manual states: "General reccommendations on the number of flight hours between overhauls, to serve as a starting point for maintenance procedure, are acceptable only to operators who are begining to operate new equipment with which they have no...
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    Three-bladed vs Four-bladed prop

    The USN's PB2Y-5 patrol bomber had a mix of three and four blade propellors. Four blades on engines 2 3. Three blades on the outboard 1 and 4 engines.
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    What protoype do you wish had seen service in WW2?

    I would have loved to see the Lockheed P2V-1 Neptunes in service for large tactical aircraft. For fighter's I would have liked to see Ryan FR-1 Fireball and the F8F Bearcat. If Japan had been invaded these would have seen active service. I wonder how the prototypes of the B-32 and B-36 were...
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