Lockheed's P-2V Neptune was a Cold War maritime patrol aircraft that was involved in many surveillance operations during the 1950s and 1960s. The details of these exploits are still not entirely public. These missions could be extremely dangerous, the Soviet Air Force being given tacit approval to shoot down the Neptunes on sight without paying too much heed to whether or not the plane was actually in international air space. The most famous Neptune was a P2V-1, the "Truculent Turtle", which flew non-stop without refueling from Perth, Australia, to Columbus, Ohio, a distance of 11,235 miles. This type, P2V-7, was first flown in 1954. In 1962 it was re-designated as the SP-2H, OP-2E, or AP-2H. The Neptune served until the mid 1970's, when it was replaced by the P-3 Orion.
For FS2004 and FSX
Features
FIVE texture sets :
VP-1, Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam, 1968
VP-18, Roosevelt Roads, 1962
French Aeronavale, Flotille 25F, 1983
Netherlands, No. 320 Squadron, 1986
RAAF, No. 10 Squadron, 1967
native FSX model with all FSX features (bump mapping, self-shadowing, bloom etc)
both pilot's and copilot's panels' gauges present and working
togglable Observer crew figure in nose area
jet pod smoke trail effect on i-key
detailed 2D panel with mousable xml-type gauges and animated Yoke (togglable)
This has allways been one of the aircraft I grew up with. Living near the Dutch coast, this aircraft was a regular sight and sound during the eighties.
The sound is one of the aspects I love most on this product. Combined with the option of sitting in the glass nose makes this a great experience to virtualy fly with. I would certainly recommend it.
Nicht schlecht gemacht,mit Einschränkungen. Die Instrumente
sind doch schlecht ablesbar. Warum kann man die Zusatztriebwerke
nicht extra starten. Am meisten nervt im Cockpit, das man
permanent auf einen toten Radarschirm starrt - das geht wohl besser.
Die Texturen sind gelungen, der Sound ist ok. Angenehm ist auch
die überschaubare Anzahl von Modellen, es muss nicht immer
jede Staffel und Sonderbemalung der letzten 30 Jahre sein.