P-3 in Spokane

[exNavyOffRec]

I was driving on I-90 and a P-3 was flying into Spokane airport today at about 1230, I was surprised as it isn't often you see a P-3 in Eastern Washington.

It was a nice sight to see.

 

[Brett327]

Possibly a VQ bounce bird from Whidbey. Last time I was there, they still had a few of those on the flight line. DHS and DEA also still operate that airframe.

 

[exNavyOffRec]

Possibly a VQ bounce bird from Whidbey. Last time I was there, they still had a few of those on the flight line. DHS and DEA also still operate that airframe.

It was low enough that the boom looked like a P-3 boom as opposed to a back of an EP-3, it had the markings of a USN plane vice DHS or DEA, I had a nice view as it passed in front of me right to left and then as it was on approach a look at its right side, all of this as my wife is saying "should I get a picture?" lol

Maybe some reservist flying?

 

[Waveoff]

VP-69 (nice) is in Whidbey. Maybe it was them, not sure of their "schedule" as far as being OCONUS or not. I always thought the P-3 looked more "military" than the P-8 and had a little more "cool factor" on purely that aesthetic.

 

[ea6bflyr]

From my understanding, the reserve squadron (augmented with active duty) will continue to fly the P-3 with LSRS for a while.

 

[picklesuit]

VQ has straight-stick P3’s for their bounce birds, and 69 has them as well. Love the old girl, but I’ll never miss the sound of her fucking APU...

 

[GroundPounder]

I bet this is the one you saw, it was flying yesterday as well. There is a B52, and a U2 in the same shot.

I was driving on I-90 and a P-3 was flying into Spokane airport today at about 1230, I was surprised as it isn't often you see a P-3 in Eastern Washington.

It was a nice sight to see.

 

[Pags]

VP-69 (nice) is in Whidbey. Maybe it was them, not sure of their "schedule" as far as being OCONUS or not. I always thought the P-3 looked more "military" than the P-8 and had a little more "cool factor" on purely that aesthetic.

They're both converted airliners. Just one wasn't totally ubiquitous as an airliners.

 

[ChuckMK23]

No P-3 but pretty cool C-27 in all white/no insignia livery doing bounces outside my office window!

 

[nittany03]

They're both converted airliners. Just one wasn't totally ubiquitous as an airliners.

Something something props ripping the wings off . . .

So really, the P-3 and P-8 were both adapted from airliners with reputations for rapid unscheduled disassembly.

 

[scoolbubba]

I didn't realize the 737 NG was such a flying coffin. I'll have to update my life insurance before I go back to work.

 

[nittany03]

I didn't realize the 737 NG was such a flying coffin. I'll have to update my life insurance before I go back to work.

Sigh. It was a MAX joke . . . and yes, I know the P-8 isn’t a MAX. The joke only has to be 10 percent true, right?

¯\(ツ)/¯

 

[scoolbubba]

Pedantics!

 

[HAL Pilot]

No P-3 but pretty cool C-27 in all white/no insignia livery doing bounces outside my office window!

USCG still being painted. The C-27s all went / are going to them.

 

[Pags]

Sigh. It was a MAX joke . . . and yes, I know the P-8 isn’t a MAX. The joke only has to be 10 percent true, right?

¯\(ツ)/¯

Accurate jokes are funnier.