RB-37

[GARY HILTON]

Today I stopped in Pueblo, Co. at the air museum. They have a nice collection of warbirds there. Since I have been involved with the Harpoon, I have come to appreciate the family of Lockheed twins.
In my earlier research, I had been looking for different variations of the Ventura/Harpoon, and was facinated by the early Vega manufactured PV-1 Ventura....This aircraft at the museum is a rare RB-37, that was ordered by the US Army...This model has the Curtis-Wright R-2600 engines as standard equipment, instead of the P&W R-2800s...On earlier posts I had been asking if anyone knew of a PV-1 that had the Wrights in them, well, I found her.. The personell there told me that this is the only example left in the world....and Wright-Patterson AFB Museum, is taking a very close look at this a/c.
The RB-37 here is in pretty sad shape, not that I am complaining about the museum or it's personel, it's just a fact. Being partial to this breed, of course I'd love to see her inside and getting better care...but I actually wish this for all old warbirds....just another fact of life.

[Chris]

Am I wrong? I thought the PV-1 Venturas had the Wight 1820-97

[Steve Nelson]

I believe the C-60 and early Hudsons had R-1820s, but the Ventura/Harpoon used R-2800s.

SN

[Obergrafeter]

Two years ago a B-37 was scheduled to attend an airshow in Central Texas but no showed. I have not seen pictures so cannot say if it really exists or not. Hope it does and would love to see it.

[GARY HILTON]

Some of the L-18s / C-60s had the Wright R-1820s....PV-1s had the P&W R-2800s....RB-37s...Wright R-2600.......Not sure what the B-34 used in the powerplant department, but will find out

[Chris]

My bad. I was thinking about the Hudson

[HELLDIVERS]

PHOTOS?

[GARY HILTON]

If you e-mail me, I'll get you some pics, I can't get photobucket working for me yet...onetimehilton@aol.com

[Ryan Keough]

Email RB-37 photos to me (use email link button below) and I will post them here.

[Nathan]

Whats a RB-37? For the life of me I never heard of one.

[Larry Kraus]

Nathan,the links below should give you some info on the airplane:

http://aeroweb.brooklyn.cuny.edu/databa ... tm?id=2686

http://www.pwam.org/rb37vent.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Ventura

http://www.uswarplanes.net/lockheedtwin.html

[Ryan Keough]

Posted for Gary Hilton:

[mustangdriver]

There are rumors, but I have heard nothing official about the NMUSAF moving it, and giving them something else.

[GARY HILTON]

Mustangdriver, The two staff people there had told me that some officials from WPAFB Museum had been there in the past month or so to take a close look at the RB-37...and haven't heard back from them yet...Is this a/c still property of the USAF? On loan to the museum in Pueblo?

[mustangdriver]

I don't know much about it to be honest. I was told that it is owned by the NMUSAF