Lockheed P2V-7B / P-2H Neptune, N14448 / 726-7207, Pima Air & Space Museum
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Registration: N14448
Construction Number: 726-7207
Code Number: 08
Model Lockheed P2V-7B / P-2H Neptune
Operator: Pima Air & Space Museum
Airport: Tucson - Pima Air and Space Museum, USA - Arizona
Photographer: Martin Laycock
Date Taken: 13/05/1993
Date Submitted: 14/07/2009
This very smart looking Neptune fire bomber is ex-Bu. No. 147957. There seems to be some confusion regarding this aircraft's c/n but I believe this to be the correct one, it's not 826-8013 or 726-8013 as stated elsewhere. She's also sometimes incorrectly captioned as N1444B on some websites. One of the last Neptune variant produced by Lockheed, equipped with upgraded engines and auxilary Westinghouse J-34 jet engines in pods. She was retired to MASDC at Divis-Monthan AFB on the 24 July 1976 and was struck off charge on the 29 May 1978. After her military service she was converted as a firebomber and registered N7060X then later N14448 with Black Hills Aviation, Inc., Alamogordo, New Mexico.
Picture ID:1182283