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very nice picture of a rare bird
1945 CONSOLIDATED VULTEE P4Y-2
Actually, it's a PB4Y-2. P was the Navy's prefix for Patrol. B was the Navy's designation for Bomber. 4 indicates it was the 4th "bomber" design the Navy bought from Consolidated Vultee, and Y was the manufacturer's code for Consolidated Vultee (C was already taken, for Curtiss, and V was Lockheed). The -2 meant it was the second production version delivered to the Navy. In the old days, you could tell a lot about an airplane by the Navy's designation. Incidentally, the "1" was usually dropped on first of a series; hence the Catalina was a PBY, not PB1Y, for Consolidated Vultee's first Navy Patrol Bomber. A beautiful photo of the ex-navy Privateer!
B-24C with engineering mods for the Navy...
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| Date | Aircraft | Origin | Destination | Departure | Arrival | Duration |
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| 23-Jun-2025 | Unknown | Waukesha County (KUES) | Wausau Downtown (KAUW) | 09:57AM CDT | 11:03AM CDT | 1:05 |
| 23-Jun-2025 | Unknown | Willow Run (KYIP) | Waukesha County (KUES) | 09:05AM EDT | 09:39AM CDT | 1:33 |
| 22-Jun-2025 | Unknown | Willow Run (KYIP) | Willow Run (KYIP) | 12:02PM EDT | 12:24PM EDT | 0:22 |
| 20-Jun-2025 | Unknown | Rapid City Rgnl (KRAP) | Willow Run (KYIP) | 07:07AM MDT | 01:25PM EDT | 4:18 |
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