| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | N712AU |
| Other Marks: | PA011 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Lockheed P-2 Neptune |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Lockheed P-2 Neptune |
| Aircraft Version: | Lockheed NP-2H Neptune |
| C/n (msn): | 726-7286 |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Missoula - InternationalMap |
| Region / Country: | Montana, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: KMSO IATA: MSO Local: MSO Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 29 May 2006 |
| Photo by: | Aad van der Voet |
| Photo ID: | 96399 |
| Photo Comment |
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This Neptune is being restored to flight, after many years of storage and neglect. It made its first flight on 6 December 2007 and became Tanker 42 (N442NA) a week later. Unfortunately its career would not be long - it crashed into high ground in the Oquirrh Mountains near Stockton Pass, UT, during a positioning flight from Missoula, MT to Alamogordo, NM. In this photo it still carries its former US Navy markings, without registration, but still with very faded MASDC inventory number PA011 on the nose and US Navy BuNo 150283 under the tailplane. This photo is copyright © Aad van der Voet, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 22 October 2018, and has since been viewed 221 times. |