Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!usc!ucsd!pacbell.com!pacbell!att!cbnews!military From: fiddler@concertina.Eng.Sun.COM (Steve Hix) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Aircraft designations, the other P's Message-ID: <1990Aug9.020128.9029@cbnews.att.com> Date: 9 Aug 90 02:01:28 GMT References: <1990Aug2.042324.3112@cbnews.att.com> Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 33 Approved: military@att.att.com From: fiddler@concertina.Eng.Sun.COM (Steve Hix) In article <1990Aug2.042324.3112@cbnews.att.com>, faunt@cisco.com (Doug Faunt N6TQS 415-688-8269) writes: > > > From: Doug Faunt N6TQS 415-688-8269 > I think the Fighter/Pusuit numbers have been covered pretty well, > > Now my question is about the other P designation, the patrol planes. > I've flown in P2's and P3's, I know what a P5 was, and now the P7 is > cancelled, according to AvWeek. What were the P1, P4, and P6? > Was the P6 the jet powered seaplane? P1V = Lockheed Ventura P2V = Lockheed (again) the Trucelent Turtle was this type. P3C = Lockheed Orion P6M = (?) Martin Seamaster jet flying boat. What happened to Navy version of Consolidated B-32? (The B-32 was a single-tail version of the B-24.) PB5Y? Around 1976, one was in use as a fire bomber in the Santa Rosa area, along with a converted DC-6. We noticed it coming (low!) over our house on its way to hit a fire on the hill below us. The S-2 Trackers that had been flying over all day suddenly seemed a lot smaller. What's relation between old PB type and current P type? ------------ The only drawback with morning is that it comes at such an inconvenient time of day. ------------