Aircraft Photo of N718AU | Lockheed P-2H/AT Neptune | Aero Union | AirHistory.net #828090
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:N718AU
Fleet number:18
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed P-2 Neptune
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed P-2 Neptune
Aircraft Version:Lockheed P-2H/AT Neptune
C/n (msn):726-7214
Operator Titles:Aero Union
Location
City / Airport:Chico - MunicipalMap
Region / Country:California, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: KCIC   IATA: CIC   Local: CIC   Other: -
 
Photo Date:4 April 1989
Photo by:Paul Seymour
Photo ID: 828090
Photo Comment

Delivered to the US Navy as P2V-7S 147964 in 1960. Redesignated as an SP-2H in 1962. Stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ in 1975. Sold as N964LH in 1986 then to Aero Union as N718AU in 1987. Converted to a firestar firebomber which had the jet engines, auxiliary fuel tanks and expansion tanks removed and carried 2000 gallons of retardant on computer controlled constant flow doors. Sold in 2007 and scrapped at Chico in 2010.

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