#0596
Consolidated P2Y
🇺🇸 United States ·first flew 1929· flying boat
4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
what is it?
The Consolidated P2Y was an American sesquiplane maritime patrol flying boat. The aircraft was also made by Martin as the P3M, as a parasol monoplane, due to the Navy awarding production contracts separately from prototype contracts.
How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · 30.5 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 97 years ago, in 1929.
- Top speed is 1.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 30.5 m: about 7 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 1,899 km: 11× Amsterdam to Brussels.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1929-01-10
- retired
- 1941
- status
- retired
- number built
- 78
- role
- flying boat
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- makers
- Consolidated Aircraft
- engines
- 2× Wright R-1820-90 Cyclone radial piston / R-1820
- length
- 18.8 m
- wingspan
- 30.5 m
- height
- 5.8 m
- max take-off weight
- 11.5 t
- top speed
- 240 km/h
- cruise speed
- 189 km/h
- range
- 1,899 km
- ceiling
- 4,265 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3687454, Wikipedia: Consolidated P2Y (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.