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Post by Ykato on May 15, 2012 12:07:22 GMT 12
 According to the Airways Tech's I was chatting with at the time - Yes.
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Post by madaero on May 15, 2012 12:46:03 GMT 12
i was on dayshift this day,carrying out birdsweeps as per job-02 came ova the radio that they had a suspected bird strike on short finals and would make a fullstop landing and park up and shutdown to inspect. inspection found a birdstrike on the nose. whilst shutdown on the ramp managed to go have a good look around on board and meet some cool people onboard who were more than happy to show us around the old girl.the orions are alot bigger inside than one would expect.
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Post by Ykato on May 15, 2012 23:21:48 GMT 12
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Post by Ykato on May 16, 2012 17:49:05 GMT 12
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Post by Barnsey on May 16, 2012 19:26:49 GMT 12
Mr Pixelface - and his RAF "Seedcorn" brother
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Post by Ykato on May 16, 2012 22:54:31 GMT 12
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Post by Ykato on May 29, 2012 19:37:44 GMT 12
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Post by Ykato on May 30, 2012 18:27:41 GMT 12
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Post by beagle on May 30, 2012 19:58:06 GMT 12
Is there no women on 5 sqn and someone is falling in love with NZ4202
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Post by Ykato on Jun 6, 2012 18:23:52 GMT 12
someone is falling in love with NZ4202 No just 1700 Photo's over 2 visits by 5 sqn Orion NZ4202 on that day.  |
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Post by junior on Jun 7, 2012 2:37:09 GMT 12
someone is falling in love with NZ4202 No just 1700 Photo's over 2 visits by 5 sqn Orion NZ4202 on that day. Crickey thats not love. Beags'.... thats damned infactuation. 1700 photos!!!!! That 100 more photos than were taken when I got married in Rarotonga. Given that you wouldnt have been there for more than 8 hours each day ... thats 16 hours or 960 minutes... or about 2 photos every minute for 16 hours. Legend Brother! |
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Post by vs on Jun 7, 2012 15:14:31 GMT 12
what....only 1700?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2012 17:43:29 GMT 12
What would be the unit cost for one of our newly upgraded P-3k2 Orions? I know NZ4202 isn't yet upgraded.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2012 20:30:37 GMT 12
Not for the upgrade, but for the aircraft them selves. $352 million (minus labour costs) is only for the upgrade, not the price of the whole aircraft all together. My guess for the unit cost of a P-3K2 Orion is to be above $100 million.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 7, 2012 20:37:16 GMT 12
But the aircraft were already bought and paid for decades ago.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2012 22:39:50 GMT 12
I didn't mean for us buying them, like if P-3K2's were put into a production line, what would be the unit cost? I know we paid them off decades ago, be a bit worried if we hadn't... haha  Its been 45 years since they rolled off the production line, but its engines have been replaced, crucial parts are always replaced, the avionics are digital and the tactical rail is state of the art. So in a sense it is a brand new aircraft, more or less. |
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Post by junior on Jun 7, 2012 23:22:26 GMT 12
You can never put a price on history, and this bird has certainly had her moments of glory in her 46 years. I dug these two photos out today of NZ4202 taxiing out for another mission during Operation Enduring Freedom. Between May 2003 and February 2004 a detachment was deployed to contribute to the multinational antiterrorist operation Enduring Freedom coalition, flying a total of 142 missions conducting Maritime Interdiction Operations in the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman. The number of camels stencilled under the cockpit window denote the number of missions completed.   |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 8, 2012 0:23:02 GMT 12
Wow, that is cool. Thanks for posting the photos Junior.
That reminds me of the slogan "I'd fly halfway round the world to smoke a camel".
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Post by lesterpk on Jun 8, 2012 1:45:00 GMT 12
Nice pics! I was on it for the first 30 or 40 of those missions. And I washed and refueled it all 35 of those missions too, never did empty the crapper though ;-) Geez that was a fun time, although a lot of hard work. |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 8, 2012 11:01:04 GMT 12
So when you say the squadron was flying Maritime Interdiction Operations - and according to Wikipedis the word interdiction means "a military term that refers to the act of delaying, disrupting, or destroying enemy forces or supplies en route to the battle area." then what were the Orions doing? Sinking ships?
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Its been 45 years since they rolled off the production line, but its engines have been replaced, crucial parts are always replaced, the avionics are digital and the tactical rail is state of the art. So in a sense it is a brand new aircraft, more or less.