Neptune info wanted

Many thanks folks, I knew I could rely on you to help. At least I know now.

Old designation = P2V-5/7

New designation = SP2-E/H

The P2V-5 didn’t have the aux jets in the early days AFAIK.

G’day 😉

Please can someone put me out of my misery? The Neptune at Cosford is a P-2-V? I’ve bee wondering about this for a while now so I deecided to ask. Are there any features that distinguish say a P2V5 from a P2V7?

Hi Mike,

The differance between a -5 and a -7 is the following and they are very easy to notice.

On the -7 the Glass above the cockpit is raised like a bubble while on the -5 its flat.

Also the MAD is a tad smaller on the -5 then on the -7, the nose glass on the -7 is a two peice united while some of the -5 had a four peice unit.

The -5 had only 8 hard points while the -7 had 12 and the -7 had two searchlight while the -5 had only one.

Hope this helps.

RER

The Cosford machine is an SP-2H. There are a few good Neptune sites that will give you all the details you want about the different marks.