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The PV-2 Harpoon was a major redesign of the Ventura with the wing area increased from 551 ft 2 (51.2 m 2) to 686 ft 2 (63.7 m 2) giving an increased load-carrying capability, and which first flew on 3 December 1943. The motivation for redesign was weaknesses in the PV-1, which had shown itself to have problems in taking off when carrying a ...
Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon, U.S. Navy Bureau Number 37396, civil registration N7265C, named "Hot Stuff", is located at 3867 N. Aviation Way, Mount Comfort, Indiana.The aircraft, an intact example of a World War II anti-submarine patrol bomber, was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 23, 2009.
The PV-2 is best known for being one of the first successful helicopters flown in the United States. The PV-2 first flew on April 11, 1943. [ 1 ] Developed as a technology demonstrator, the PV-2 brought several new features such as the first dynamically balanced rotor blades, a rigid tail rotor with a tension-torsion pitch change system, and a ...
With the successful demonstration of the PV-2, Piasecki convinced the United States Navy to fund the development of a follow-on prototype, signing a contract on January 1, 1944; [6] this marked the start of the design and sale of a series of tandem rotor helicopters to the Navy. The resulting PV-3 became the world's first successful tandem ...
PV-2 or PV2 may refer to: Piasecki PV-2, Frank Piasecki's first helicopter; Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon, a World War II Naval Patrol aircraft; PV-2 machine gun - A Soviet machine gun of the 1920s and 1930s used on aircraft. PV-2 (serotype) - A serotype of poliovirus.
2 August 1945: VPB-131 departed Attu after being relieved by VPB-120, arriving at NAS Whidbey Island on 6 August 1945. Personnel were given home leave for two weeks before reforming the squadron. 18 September 1945: VPB-131 was reformed at NAS Whidbey Island, with 12 new PV-2 Harpoon aircraft. Flight operations were begun on 16 October with an ...
He was employed by the Platt-LePage Aircraft Company as a control engineer on their XR-1 twin-rotor project. [4] In 1940, he formed PV Engineering Forum with former Pennsylvania classmate Harold Venzie. [5] He built a single-person, single-rotor helicopter designated the PV-2 and flew it on April 11, 1943.
The Piasecki PV-3 was adopted as the HRP-1 Rescuer by the United States Navy, United States Marine Corps, and United States Coast Guard. [1] An improved PV-17 variant was later produced as the HRP-2. As one of the first transport helicopters in military service, the HRP-1 was capable of carrying two crewmen and 8–10 passengers or 2,000 lb ...