Indy 06

[gcampbel]

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[drmull]

Re: Indy 06

What is the plane on the right? I'm mad that I don't recognize it!

[Funflyer]

Re: Indy 06

Is it a Lodestar ? Rad

[MLenoch]

Re: Indy 06

Harpoon.

[drmull]

Re: Indy 06

It seems the Lodestar became the RAF's Ventura and the US Navy's PV-1 Ventura. The Navy ordered a long-range version which was named the PV-2 Harpoon. Thanks

[gcampbel]

Re: Indy 06

It is a Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon. Ventura was the RAF name. It was a pretty potent search and destroy aircraft.
Specifications (PV-1):
Engines: Two 2,000-hp Pratt & Whitney R-2800-31 radial piston engines.
Weight: Empty 20,197 lbs., Max Takeoff 31,077 lbs.
Wing Span: 65ft. 6in.
Length: 51ft. 9in.
Height: 11ft. 11in.
Performance:
Maximum Speed: 322 mph at 13,800 ft.
Ceiling: 26,300 ft.
Range: 1,360 miles
Armament: Two 12.7-mm (0.5-inch) forward-firing machine guns; two more in dorsal turret; two 7.72-mm (0.3-inch) machine guns in ventral turret; plus up to 3,000 lbs. of bombs or depth charges, or one torpedo.