Lockheed P-2 Neptune anti-submarine patrol aircraft - GIF

Lockheed P-2 Neptune anti-submarine patrol aircraft.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...830#post156242
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...414#post142609
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...131#post130278

That's the third production P2V-1 Neptune nicknamed "The Turtle" departing Perth, Australia on Sep. 9, 1946 for a record setting nonstop flight to Columbus, OH - 11,236 miles without refueling (hence the crackerjacks waving her off.) With fuel loaded in every available space for the flight Jet-Assisted Take Off (JATO) was required to get airborne.