The Consolidated P2Y was an American flying boat maritime patrol aircraft . The plane was a parasol monoplane with a fabric-covered wing and aluminum hull. The aircraft was also made by Martin as the P3M, due to an open production contract.
10-428: P2Y may refer to: Consolidated P2Y , a flying boat maritime patrol aircraft P2Y receptor , a family of G protein-coupled receptors Power-to-X [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title formed as a letter–number combination. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
20-519: A U.S. Navy contract dated February 28, 1928, the prototype Model 9, XPY-1 , was designed by Captain Dick Richardson and Isaac M. 'Mac' Laddon . Beginning construction in March 1928, the aircraft was ready for its first flight by the end of the year. Lieutenant A. W. Gorton made the first flight out of Anacostia NAS , Washington, D.C. The production contract was opened to other bidders, and
30-682: The Glenn L. Martin Company undercut them and was awarded the contract to construct the plane as the Martin P3M-1 and P3M-2 . Three P3M-1s and six P3M-2s were built; one XP2M-1 was also built to a similar design, powered by three Wright Cyclone engines; following the removal of the third engine it was redesignated XP2M-2 . The idea of a third engine on the XPY-1 had been studied and rejected by Navy Bureau of Aeronautics staff. A new contract
40-498: The P2Y-2s that were modified from the original batch of P2Y-1 s. The Navy ordered 23 P2Y-1s on 7 July 1931. By mid-1933 they were serving with VP-10F and VP-5F squadrons which made a number of long-range formation flights. At least 21 P2Y-1s were modified to P2Y-2s in 1936 and flown by VP-5F and VP-10F until 1938, when they were transferred to VP-14 and VP-15 . The first P2Y-3s reached VP-7F in 1935, and this version
50-428: The "Consolidated Navy Experimental Type C Flying-Boat". A P2Y-3 was used to test Curtiss electric propellers in 1936. Data from The Complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft ; range from American Aircraft of World War II General characteristics Performance Armament Related development Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Related lists VPB-121 VPB-121
60-420: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=P2Y&oldid=1069671144 " Category : Letter–number combination disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Consolidated P2Y Initially created to compete for
70-510: The top of the hull, replacing the booms that had supported the stabilizing pontoons on the XPY-1 . Two Wright R-1820 -E1 Cyclone engines were located close below the top wing and had narrow-chord cowlings. A third similar engine was mounted on a strut along the centerline above the wing, but was removed after the first test in April 1932. The Navy ordered 23 P2Y-3s as production models similar to
80-419: Was a Patrol Bombing Squadron of the U.S. Navy . The squadron was established as Patrol Squadron 19 (VP-19) on 1 October 1937, redesignated Patrol Squadron 43 (VP-43) on 1 July 1939, redesignated Patrol Squadron 81 (VP-81) on 1 July 1941, redesignated Patrol Bombing Squadron 121 (VPB-121) on 1 October 1944 and disestablished on 1 June 1946. The squadron was assigned the following aircraft, effective on
90-550: Was flown by VP-4F at Pearl Harbor and in 1939 was in operation with VP-19 , VP-20 , and VP-21 . By the end of 1941, all the P2Y-2s and P2Y-3s had been withdrawn from operational use and were at Naval Air Station Pensacola . The Colombian Air Force used one Commodore P2Y as a bomber in the Colombia-Peru War in 1932–1933. The Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service evaluated the Consolidated P2Y as
100-559: Was placed by the U.S. Navy on May 26, 1931, for a prototype of a developed version of the Model 9, XPY-1 , designated the Model 22 Ranger by Consolidated. Incorporating features of the Model 16 Commodore , such as the enclosed flight deck, designated the XP2Y-1 by the Navy, this new prototype had the same 100 ft parasol wing, but became a sesquiplane with a smaller wing mounted lower, at
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