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Navy silent on Curtiss-Wright P2V world flight claim
The navy refrained from comment as Curtiss-Wright touted a P2V Neptune with turbo cyclone engines capable of a 13 500 mile nonstop world flight. The claim follows Navy doubts on 10 000 mile bombers and cites a 1946 Perth to Columbus world record by Commander Tom Davies aboard Neptune Neptune named Truculent Turtle.
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