LOCKHEED P2V "NEPTUNE" AIRTANKER : "Two Turnin', Two Burnin' "
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ส.ค. 2024
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man i miss these planes !! thanks bob t14 was a gem
Thanks for the video! I went to ERAU in Prescott, AZ in the late '80's, and there was a P2V Neptune stationed there. We got to watch him take off and land several times. Once he took off in August during "Monsoon Season," and just as he raised the landing gear on climbout, the winds shifted and he lost lift! He firewalled the throttles and only held level, so he had to drop a tank to stay in the air. The slurry mixture started on the golf course, covered the intersection, the Circle K and the motel parking lot! He continued on to fight the fire. :) USFS spent a few days hosing everything off, but we didn't mind.
Awesome. Thank you for posting. I really like the P2.
Hawkins & Powers had a drawing mock up where they wanted to use the firewall forward from a C-130 installed on the P2V, it was a good looking machine, unfortunately it never got done.
The pilots make a difficult job look easy. They put their lives on the line for others and their efforts pay off.
Worked on them in the Navy for 3 years. Love em
Beautiful aircraft! Navy flew them over my house everyday! turtle made a lr record!
Clean work 👌👌👍👍👍👍👍👍👏👏
Great video showing the approach and layout patterns for the fire retardant.
Very nice movie. at Evergreen Air Center I kept the original P2V airtanker design drawings, done by hand and in beautiful color, locked away. I have no idea what has happened to them.
This job is SO rock n roll what's not to love,
Thank you!
Nothing like seeing red bentonite hit the target! Awesome video*
My dad used to chase tanker 11 one of my best summers growing up chasing her with him
Why would he be chasing a Neptune
Glad to see my GoPro footage is getting you some views, lol. Good job on putting this video together Bob. We miss flying with you bud!
Air tkr pilots : GUTS-A-PLENTY !
Great video Bob! I hope your enjoying retirement, I know I am…
Great title - made me click, professional editing good job
Some really nice drops there
Bob, you and Wayne be safe out there. Look forward to seeing you guys back when you bring her home to Alamo. Thanks for the video.
John Hornsby we will, and thanks.
@@Ornythopter I was flight crew member in the US Navy, Vietnam era, one of my favorite pilots was Bob Webb, are you the Bob Webb from VP-17 out of Whidbey Island ?
I would love to see this preserved in flying condition and travel to airshows in honour of those fighting wildfires
Fabulous video! What camera and mount did you use? I have several GoPro cameras but that mount appears to be remotely controlled, what is it? I've been on the receiving end of a tanker's dump. Many years ago as a volunteer firefighter we were pressed into service to fight a large wildfire in Blueberry Bowl in the mountains above West Vancouver, B.C. I was rigging portable pumps and running hoses to stop any fire that jumped the firebreak when we heard the warble of the bird-dog's siren, warning us that the DC-6 tanker was only a couple of minutes out. It was in some rough terrain and were weren't able to get far enough away to avoid the periphery of the dump. We got a pretty good coating, but we didn't care, we were young and having fun and were happy to be so close to the action.
Too bad I didn't have a gimbal mount for that camera Bob. Good choice of music though. Fly safe this season!
Do ya'll actually run the pylon jets? What fuel do they use? Bless all the pilots and their fire bomber aircraft.
the P2V neptune is my favorite plane besides the OV-10 bronco
im planning in modeling it for the videogame warthunder :)
(I decided to make an earlier P2V-5F that still has the turrets mounted)
also
Wich music is that?
Definitely cool. Have you looked at the San Diego Air and Space Museum's collection of early photos? If not search on Flir.com for some awesome renderings. You no doubt saw the ending photo in my video as well. It sits at Neptune Aviation's Alamogordo facility...hence, my ending credit.
Blue Sky,
Bob Webb
thx, I allready have quite some good pictures.
www.verslo.is/baldur/p2/131428_CF2_a_640.jpg
this is the P2V-5F tail number 131428 this is the one I plan making, but I need to upgrade my PC first.
Lower & slower.