Gary Fuller

RC version of US Navy patrol
aircraft can be powered with
engines or motors
DURING THE FIRST part of the Cold War, the P2V Neptune
was the US Navy’s primary long-range, land-based, antisubmarine
patrol aircraft. Designed in 1944 as a replacement for the PV-1
Ventura and the PV-2 Harpoon, the Neptune’s versatility ensured
that it would remain in service for a long time. Its last use in
combat was by the Argentineans against the British during the fight
over the Falkland Islands.

FOLLOWING WORLD War II, the Air Force needed a
trainer that would make it simple for the beginner pilots to
transition to the new jet fighters that were just then in
production. North American Aviation came up with the T-
28 design, and it proved to be such a good trainer that the
Navy decided it would use a version of the aircraft to train
its pilots.