P-3 at NAS Patuxent River

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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,
8-)

[CHUCK79]

Great shots.....plane.....scenery 8-) 8-) 8-)

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Great shots.....plane.....scenery 8-) 8-) 8-)

Thanks 

[Flying Trucker]

Wonderful shots Wade...well done...

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...

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...

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...

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

[patchz]

Great shots Wade.

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

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

[Flying Trucker]

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...

An interesting Link:

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

[pfevrier]

Great shots, I really like the aircraft!