| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | 89082 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Lockheed P-2 Neptune |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Lockheed P-2 Neptune |
| Aircraft Version: | Lockheed P2V-1 Neptune |
| C/n (msn): | 26-1003 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| Aircraft Name: | The Turtle |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Norfolk - Norfolk Naval Station / Chambers FieldMap |
| Region / Country: | Virginia, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: KNGU IATA: NGU Local: NGU Other: - |
| Photo Date: | August 1975 |
| Photo by: | Richard Vandervord |
| Photo ID: | 767221 |
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Displayed here at NAS Virginia having been given to the Smithsonian Institute in 1953 for the National Aviation Museum. It remained for another couple of years before being barged to Pensacola on loan to the Naval Aviation Museum and is now preserved as shown in my photo here. In 1946 it had accomplished a record-breaking flight from Perth, Australia non-stop to Ohio, the crew being accompanied by a young kangaroo gifted to the National Zoo in Washington DC This photo is copyright © Richard Vandervord, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 11 January 2025, and has since been viewed 73 times. |