Good morning All,
I did a search on this plane in RCU and came up empty. I knew nothing of this plane until about 2 hours ago when I came upon an article on the Flight Journal website

http://www.flightjournal.com/fj/articles.asp

It is a medium twin bomber that was based on the Model 18 Lockheed commercial airliner. It was a very fast, land based, US Navy bomber that flew in the Pacific. It apparently was fast enough to use a nav aid to F4U squadrons... I would think someone has built a model of this plane. It is beautiful! I wish I knew how to and also, had the resources to "scratch" this one.

Justrfb

Hello
The PV-1 was actually fast enough to be the first naval night fighter. The PV-1 equipped the first two USMC night fighter squadrons. As a model though, the PV-2 Harpoon would be a better subject. The main difference between the 2 is that the PV-2 had a 10' larger span and had larger rudders. Otherwise the airplanes look very close. both of these airplanes carried up to 6 forward firing .50 cal machine guns in the nose.

Otto

I agree. The Harpoon is one cool airplane. It has two(!) P&W R-2800 engines in it! That's the engine used in the P47. I've seen the one from the American Military Heritage Foundation museum several times at airshows and it's an awesome beast! The larger fin/rudders would be helpful for a twin-engined taildragger model.

Here's a link to more info:

http://amhf.org/aircraft/harpoon.shtml

Jim

I have been the crew chief on that airplane for a wile, a few years ago and have flown to many air shows in it. i have also done a bit of maintenance work on her (HOT STUFF) I have been a member of the AMHF for a few years and enjoy the airplane. A few years ago we flew her in formation with a F8F and a F-18, this was a COOL sight to behold in dead. I believe that I have some good 3-views on the PV-2 subject.

Otto Kudrna

Thanks for that link that was a very interesting artical. I never gave the venture much attention at all in the past, but after reading that, I definitely will. There is one parked at one of the local grass strips here - might be a Lodestar though...now I will have to go check it out.......