30 November 1964: VP-2 took first place among the United States Pacific Fleet squadrons in bombing, mining and rocket competition despite instrument flying conditions during 90 percent …

VPNAVY is dedicated to the men and women of the United States Navy flying ASW VP/VPB Patrol Aircraft past and present. VPNAVY has attempted to collect every available piece of …

The Evans VP-2 is a development of the Evans VP-1 Volksplane, both of which were designed in La Jolla, California by aeronautical engineer William Samuel "Bud" Evans. [1] Evans had …

30 Nov 1964: VP-2 took first place among the Pacific Fleet squadrons in bombing, mining and rocket competition despite instrument flying conditions during 90 percent of the competition …

We of Patrol Squadron TWO traveled to Japan in August and September of 1958 for a six months operational tour. For most of us it represented our first visit to that nation and amounted to an …

The two-place Evans VP-2 "Volksplane," N-5631, in flight exhibits the coziness of the side-by-side seating and some-what widened fuselage adapted to the basic VP-1 lines.

Three of a squadron of fourteen Navy Bombing planes, shown coming to rest at Coco Solo Air Base, Colon Canal Zone, completing a mass non-stop flight from San Diego, Calif--a distance …

VP-2 was a Patrol Squadron of the U.S. Navy. The squadron was established as Bombing Squadron 130 (VB-130) on 1 March 1943, redesignated Patrol Bombing Squadron 130 (VPB …

VP-2 Squadronmates are encouraged to register with and to join the Association. Patrol Squadron Two: At first, in the 1930s, there was the PM-2, and then, with a second beginning in 1943 …

Volksplane II original article on proto-type aircraft. (Four pages, including side and top view with pictures. EAA members can digitally view archived editions of EAA Sport Aviation here.