BACKGROUND IN the early stages of World War II the U.S. Navy used the Lockheed PV-1 (Ventura) in considerable quantities as a land-based patrol plane for anti-submarine and anti-surface vessel patrol and attack. Inasmuch as the PV-1 was the first high speed land based patrol aeroplane used by the U.S. Navy, and realizing that its aero-dynamic configuration grew out of the commercial Lockheed Lodestar, it can be understood that its tactical utility was a compromise.
The Development of the Lockheed P2Y Neptune
A Paper by a Senior Engineer of the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation Describing the Evolution of a New Aeroplane
Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology ; 22 , 6 ; 156-162
1950-06-01
7 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
Development of lockheed P2V neptune
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