Among the aircraft that were restored in preparation of the completion of the Hangar Bay One building was P2V-1 89082. By October 2010 it was on display hanging in the northwest corner of the structure, where it still resides.

The National Naval Aviation Museum acquired this a/c from the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum in 1977. This slide was taken shortly after it arrived in Pensacola. It is currently on display inside the Hangar Bay One building.

"The Turtle" was looking a bit the worse for wear back in 1999. The aircraft is now displayed inside the National Museum of Naval Aviation.

Named the "Truculent Turtle", this aircraft set a non-stop flight record in 1946 when she flew 11,236 miles from Perth, Australia to Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio. She was in the final stages of a repaint during my visit to the museum.