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P-3 at NAS Patuxent River (Read 607 times)

Jun 23^rd, 2011 at 8:57pm

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Some shots of the P-3 Orion, from the National Research Lab based at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland.

Aircraft: Lockheed P-3C Orion by FS KBT
Scenery: NAS Patuxent River package by MAIW
Others: REX, UT USA

Thanks for looking,
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Reply #1 - Jun 23^rd, 2011 at 9:18pm

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Great shots.....plane.....scenery Cool

"Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth and danced the skies on laughter silvered wings. Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth of sun split clouds.....and done a hundred things you have never dreamed of.....wheeled and soared and swung high in the sunlit silence. Hovering there, I've chased the shouting wind along and flung my eager craft through footless halls of air.

Up, up the long, delerious, burning blue I've topped the wind swept heights with easy grace where never Lark, nor even Eagle flew. While with silent lifting of mind I've trod the high untrespassed sanctity of space, put out my hand and touched the face of god"

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Reply #2 - Jun 23^rd, 2011 at 9:44pm

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CHUCK79 wrote on Jun 23^rd, 2011 at 9:18pm:

Great shots.....plane.....scenery Cool

Thanks

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Reply #3 - Jun 23^rd, 2011 at 9:46pm

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Wonderful shots Wade...well done... Wink

The Canadian version is the CP-140 Aurora.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_CP-140_Aurora

They are all still Lockheed Electra's L-188s... Grin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_L-188_Electra

You know what the Lockheed C130 Herc drivers say about these aircraft EH...

The navy got the engines on upside down... Grin

The Orion/Aurora/Electra have the same engine as the Herc but mounted upside down...believe it is for flying close to the water for the swabbies... Wink

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allison_T56

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

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Reply #4 - Jun 23^rd, 2011 at 11:33pm

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Great shots Wade.

If God intended aircraft engines to have horizontally opposed engines, Pratt and Whitney would have made them that way.

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Reply #5 - Jun 24^th, 2011 at 6:16am

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Flying Trucker wrote on Jun 23^rd, 2011 at 9:46pm:

They are all still Lockheed Electra's L-188s... Grin

Thanks Doug,

P-3's are not actually Electras, however they are based on the Electra design. The P-3 is about 23 feet shorter.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-3_Orion

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Reply #6 - Jun 24^th, 2011 at 8:41am

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Thanks Wade...I stand corrected...

I remember Nordair's Electra when in came into Great Whale...the crew would be in their short sleeve white shirts sitting in a nice warm cockpit while the aircraft was loaded or unloaded through the huge cargo door just behind the cockpit...you could load a car through it.

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

We were in our freezing old Douglas DC3s with
Arctic Parka waiting for the Herman Nelson to warm the engines and hand bombing freight on and off...lots of fun... Grin

An interesting Link:

http://www.angelfire.com/art/oh2/alpha.html

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

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Reply #7 - Jun 26^th, 2011 at 5:42pm