torpedo0126
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wow...thats way longer than I thought it would be...
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First flight of the P-8A Poseidon and all things related to transition
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wow...thats way longer than I thought it would be...
I think you are being played.
torpedo0126
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well...im glad you said something then
I unplugged the damn thing Tuesday...apparently someone decided wasting electricity is awesome...it may need to be relocated to a bar/O-club...
Mebbe you should have read it: they changed the words on it from "Days to First Flight of P-8" to "Days until Navy receives first P-8".
I imagine someone in the FIT office has a selection of different plastic title boards for it for all the different milestones.
Yeah, okay: waste of electricity. . .
P-8A Poseidon first flight
090425-0-0000X-003 SEATTLE (April 27, 2009) A Boeing P-8A Poseidon test aircraft T-1 conducts a test flight April 25, 2009. The aircraft completed a series of tests during the 3 hour, 31 minute flight and reached an altitude of 25,000 feet before landing at Boeing Field in Seattle. (Photo courtesy Boeing/Released)
090425-0-0000X-003 SEATTLE (April 27, 2009) A Boeing P-8A Poseidon test aircraft T-1 conducts a test flight April 25, 2009. The aircraft completed a series of tests during the 3 hour, 31 minute flight and reached an altitude of 25,000 feet before landing at Boeing Field in Seattle. (Photo courtesy Boeing/Released)
090425-0-0000X-003 SEATTLE (April 27, 2009) A Boeing P-8A Poseidon test aircraft T-1 conducts a test flight April 25, 2009. The aircraft completed a series of tests during the 3 hour, 31 minute flight and reached an altitude of 25,000 feet before landing at Boeing Field in Seattle. (Photo courtesy Boeing/Released)
It's 'the Gherkin'!
JarheadBoom
Cleared to Contact...
Nice to see it finally fly.
It's 'the Gherkin'!
"That flare was a little abrupt Pickle."
"Sorry sir, I'll stop Jerkin' the Gherkin."
After all that guff in the beginning of this thread about the promo pics of the P8 and the mountain flying, the first goddamn picture of the thing flying is over snow-capped peaks.:icon_rage
High altitude ASW! Yay!:sleep_125
All those damn submarines hiding in the mountains. Tricky Commie Russkies...
You're assuming I read it in the first place. I'm sure the budget for P-8 plastic title boards has priority over PCS money for the rest of the year.
You guys realize that the raked wingtip vs. winglet debate will be the first mindless piece of minutia that new P-8 guys have to learn in the grand tradition of P-3 aviation?
Not if I and many other like minded pilots have anything to say about it.
You with me?!? .... sigh ....
I, for one, shall miss the passing of the venerable P-3 Orion ... clipped wingtips, smokin' exhaust & all ... ACTUALLY ... I think it's a pretty good lookin' aircraft, overall ....
It was one of my first NAVAIR rides ... and one of the reasons I was convinced that my boyhood fantasies were correct: I wanted to be a Naval Aviator.
Q.E.D.
It was one of my first NAVAIR rides ... and one of the reasons I was convinced that my boyhood fantasies were correct: I wanted to be a Naval Aviator.
Q.E.D.