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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-26 / P2V / P-2 Neptune
    Latest Model:SP-2H Neptune
    Last Military Serial:135588 USN
    Construction Number:726-7035
    Last Civil Registration:N125HP
    Compressed ID:Lockheed SP-2H sn 135588 USN cn 726...
    Latest Owner or Location:Sheppard Harold, Riverton, WY

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a P2V-7.

    4 March 1955

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 135588.

    From March 1955 to May 1955

    Loaned to Lockheed-Burbank, Burbank, CA.

    May 1955

    Transferred to Naval Air Rework Facility, NAS Alameda, CA.

    From May 1955 to October 1958

    Transferred to Patrol Squadron 19 (VP-19), Alameda, CA.

    From October 1958 to March 1959

    Transferred to Naval Air Rework Facility, NAS Alameda, CA.

    From March 1959 to September 1959

    Loaned to Lockheed-Burbank, Burbank, CA.

    From September 1959 to October 1959

    Transferred to Fleet Air Service Squadron 108 (Farson-108), NAS Brunswick, ME.

    From October 1959 to July 1960

    Transferred to Patrol Squadron 24 (VP-24), NAS Norfolk, VA.
    Deployed NAS Lakehurst, NJ May 1960, returning to Norfolk same month.

    January 1960

    Converted to a P2V-7S.

    From July 1960 to October 1963

    Transferred to Patrol Squadron 30 (VP-30), NAS Jacksonville, FL.

    6 July 1962

    Redesignated as SP-2H.

    From October 1963 to February 1965

    Transferred to Patrol Squadron 24 (VP-24), NAS Norfolk, VA.

    From February 1965 to December 1967

    Transferred to Patrol Squadron 7 (VP-7), Jacksonville, FL.

    From December 1967 to August 1968

    Transferred to NAS Willow Grove, PA.

    From August 1968 to June 1970

    Transferred to NAS Seattle, WA.

    From June 1970 to November 1970

    Transferred to NAS Willow Grove, PA.

    From November 1970 to September 1971

    Transferred to Patrol Squadron 66 (VP-66), NAS Willow Grove, NAS.
    Operated with markings: LV-3

    13 September 1971

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number 1P310.

    16 August 1977

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.

    March 1984

    To unknown owner with c/r N4846N.

    From June 1985 to 1990

    To Tanana Valley Community College, Fairbanks AK keeping c/r N4846N.

    October 1986

    On dump at Fairbanks, AK.

    From 28 February 1991 to 1995

    To Hans M. Vandermeer, Anchorage, AK keeping c/r N4846N.

    January 1992

    To Hawkins and Powers, South Bighorn County Airport, Greybull, WY keeping c/r N4846N.

    From 1992 to 2006

    Open storage unconverted, USN scheme, Greybull, WY.

    August 1995

    In the inventory of Hawkins and Powers, South Bighorn County Airport, Greybull, WY.
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    16 August 1997

    To Hawkins and Powers, South Bighorn County Airport, Greybull, WY with new c/r N125HP.

    From 14 July 2000 to 2005

    To D (and) G Inc, Greybull, WY keeping c/r N125HP.

    From 29 September 2005 to 2006

    To Pride Capital Group Llc DBA, Deerfield, IL keeping c/r N125HP.

    24 August 2006

    Listed at H (and) P closing-down auction, Greybull WY.

    2006

    To Naval Aircraft Restoration Group keeping c/r N125HP.

    Aircraft was intended to be moved to Robins AFB,GA in 2007 for restoration and display, but the aircraft remained at Greybull, WY.

    25 January 2011

    To unknown owner with c/r N125HP.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Riverton, WY.

    16 February 2011

    Registration pending to a new owner in Riverton, WY.

    16 February 2011

    To unknown owner with c/r N125HP.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Riverton, WY.

    24 March 2011

    To Harold Sheppard, Riverton, WY keeping c/r N125HP.

    5 August 2016


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: In storage at Greybull, WY

    To The Museum of Flight and Aerial Firefighting, South Bighorn County Airport, Greybull, WY.
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    19 August 2020

    Civil registration, N125HP, cancelled.

    24 May 2023

    To Sheppard Harold, Riverton, WY with new c/r N125HP.


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    Credits
    Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

    Internet Sources
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall

    Individual Contributors
    Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger

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