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1957: Naval Type Specification 146
Hello,
Back in 1957 USN's Naval Type Specification 146 was issued to find a replacement aircraft for the P2V Neptune and P5M Marlin. As you might know Lockheed's Model 185 (later called P3V-1 Orion and again later P-3A Orion) was the USN's choice. Nothing much is known about the other aircraft offered in response to NTS146. However I recently learned that Lockheed's design was chosen over those from Martin and Consolidated / Convair. Do you have any information regarding the proposals submitted by those two companies? As NTS146 dictated that the new ASW aircraft had to be based on an off-the-shelf aircraft, it's likely that Martin offered a variant of the 202 or 404, while Consolidated / Convair offered a variant of the 240 or 440. While searching on the internet I found a cancelled Martin Model 238 Anti Submarine Warfare aircraft but no further information. I would welcome any information on the Martin and Consolidated / Convair proposals. Regards, Marco P.J. Borst P-3 Orion Research Group - The Netherlands e-mail: P-3 website: http://home.planet.nl/~p3orion MSN Messenger: subscribe to the P-3 Orion e-mail group: "The reward of a job well done is to have done it." |
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