United States Navy - Lockheed P2V-1 Neptune 89082
United States Navy - Lockheed P2V-1 Neptune 89082 The Turtle (msn 26-1003), (often incorrectly referred to as The Truculent Turtle)29 September 1946: set a world distance record from Perth in Australia, landing at Columbus, Ohio, on 1 October 1946. It flew with a crew of four U.S. Navy officers and a young kangaroo, covering 18, 089.3 kilometers (11, 235.6 miles) in 55 hours 18 minutes.Owned by National Air and Space Museum.On loan to the National Museum of Naval Aviation, Pensacola, FL
Picture No
13137589
Media ID
47744298
Size
5315px x 2576px
(5.0MB)
Credit
(c) The Peter Butt Aviation Collection / Mary Evans
Source
scanned from original negative by Ed Deigan
Date
1946
