Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 2)

[andymadmak]

Le Controleur Horizontal said:

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makes sense. She's a big girl

[CanAm]

I like the cut of her jib too

[Ayahuasca]

Took a while to ID this but am going with a Lockheed PV2 Harpoon. Any other thoughts?

[andymadmak]

Ayahuasca said:

Took a while to ID this but am going with a Lockheed PV2 Harpoon. Any other thoughts?

The size of the swelling underneath the orange cowlings indicates the presence of large radials, so on balance I think you're correct

[Fastdruid]

Ayahuasca said:

Took a while to ID this but am going with a Lockheed PV2 Harpoon. Any other thoughts?

No. The PV2 Harpoon was a twin engine, that has clearly got 4 (well, you can see three of them).

It is a Boeing B17 Flying Fortress

[LotusOmega375D]

Ayahuasca said:

She’s a back doors girl.

[Fastdruid]

andymadmak said:

Ayahuasca said:

Took a while to ID this but am going with a Lockheed PV2 Harpoon. Any other thoughts?

The size of the swelling underneath the orange cowlings indicates the presence of large radials, so on balance I think you're correct

Yes, they are radials but it's a B-17 so they are Wright R-1820 Cyclone engines.

[Gary29]

Ayahuasca said:

Took a while to ID this but am going with a Lockheed PV2 Harpoon. Any other thoughts?

I bet she's got some impressive bomb bay doors on her

[Ayahuasca]

Fastdruid said:

Ayahuasca said:

Took a while to ID this but am going with a Lockheed PV2 Harpoon. Any other thoughts?

No. The PV2 Harpoon was a twin engine, that has clearly got 4 (well, you can see three of them).

It is a Boeing B17 Flying Fortress

I am sticking to PV2 Harpoon. I thought maybe B24 or B25 at first but they had nose wheels and this one clearly has a tail wheel.

[Fastdruid]

Ayahuasca said:

Fastdruid said:

Ayahuasca said:

Took a while to ID this but am going with a Lockheed PV2 Harpoon. Any other thoughts?

No. The PV2 Harpoon was a twin engine, that has clearly got 4 (well, you can see three of them).

It is a Boeing B17 Flying Fortress

I am sticking to PV2 Harpoon. I thought maybe B24 or B25 at first but they had nose wheels and this one clearly has a tail wheel.

Are you blind? It looks **nothing** like a PV2 Harpoon. Not even mentioning that it clearly has two more engines than the PV2 Harpoon.

This is a PV2 Harpoon



It *is* a B-17G (which also has a tail wheel).

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[yellowjack]

Ayahuasca said:

Fastdruid said:

Ayahuasca said:

Took a while to ID this but am going with a Lockheed PV2 Harpoon. Any other thoughts?

No. The PV2 Harpoon was a twin engine, that has clearly got 4 (well, you can see three of them).

It is a Boeing B17 Flying Fortress

I am sticking to PV2 Harpoon. I thought maybe B24 or B25 at first but they had nose wheels and this one clearly has a tail wheel.

Correct. Lockheed PV2 Harpoon, Build Number 37472, civil registration N7670C.
https://www.cafutahwing.org/lockheed-pv-2.html
http://aircraft-in-focus.com/lockheed-pv-2-harpoon...


https://www.google.com/maps/place/Heber+Valley+Air...


The one even further in the background (of the original picture) is a C-17 Globemaster, 05-5143. There is also a B-25 in that picture I added...

Edited by yellowjack on Wednesday 3rd July 15:35

[Eric Mc]

Gary29 said:

Ayahuasca said:

Took a while to ID this but am going with a Lockheed PV2 Harpoon. Any other thoughts?

I bet she's got some impressive bomb bay doors on her

Yes - but we all know that she couldn't carry as large a load as Brit bombers.

[yellowjack]

Eric Mc said:

Gary29 said:

Ayahuasca said:

Took a while to ID this but am going with a Lockheed PV2 Harpoon. Any other thoughts?

I bet she's got some impressive bomb bay doors on her

Yes - but we all know that she couldn't carry as large a load as Brit bombers.

She could handle a few more crew though.

[Eric Mc]

And she had a ball turret.

[irocfan]

What about the cockpit?

[Eric Mc]

It was a two person affair. Brit bombers did it solo.

[Le Controleur Horizontal]

Eric Mc said:

It was a two person affair. Brit bombers did it solo.

Brits were traditional, the gunner was always on top

[Eric Mc]

They did have a go with underside gunners but gave up as it wasn't good for performance.

[irocfan]