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All hands are on deck to build Boeing sub hunter
Seattle PI ^ | April 27, 2008 | James Wallace

Posted on 04/28/2008 9:31:48 AM PDT by jazusamo

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P-8A
The Boeing Company
Boeing's sub-hunting P-8A flies over Mount Rainier in this artist's rendering.

1 posted on 04/28/2008 9:31:52 AM PDT by jazusamo
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To: sionnsar; Aeronaut; Paleo Conservative

WA & Poseidon Ping!


2 posted on 04/28/2008 9:35:33 AM PDT by jazusamo (DefendOurMarines.org | DefendOurTroops.org)
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To: jazusamo
These folks build a good airplane.
3 posted on 04/28/2008 9:48:55 AM PDT by ANGGAPO (LayteGulf BeachClub)
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To: jazusamo

Just a curious question....Do those fuselages come over Stevens Pass and Stampede Pass from Kansas? There are some really slow areas on those routes. Or, do they come along the Columbia River? I recall seeing those green fuselages around Skykomish one time. If the P8-A fuselages have to be covered, will they fit over either pass?


4 posted on 04/28/2008 9:50:33 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: jazusamo

We need the Pelican!


5 posted on 04/28/2008 9:53:15 AM PDT by bvw
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To: jazusamo

‘bout time. Thi sis going to be a very nice, very much needed and awaited, addition. Would be good if they could get more out there faster.


6 posted on 04/28/2008 9:54:43 AM PDT by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: jazusamo

>>The Boeing Company
Boeing’s sub-hunting P-8A flies over Mount Rainier in this artist’s rendering.

I realize that the DoD does some stupid things - but what the h*ll kind of sub-hunting goes on over Mount Ranier?

Is this some new kind of sub (aka tank)?


7 posted on 04/28/2008 10:01:44 AM PDT by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1 - Take no prisoners))
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

I don’t have any idea of the route and am not familiar with any of the northern Interstates. Could they drop down through NM, AZ & CA and come up I-5?


8 posted on 04/28/2008 10:03:29 AM PDT by jazusamo (DefendOurMarines.org | DefendOurTroops.org)
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To: NTHockey

Just a publicity photo.....


9 posted on 04/28/2008 10:03:33 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: Jeff Head

I agree, we could use a bunch of them right now.


10 posted on 04/28/2008 10:06:00 AM PDT by jazusamo (DefendOurMarines.org | DefendOurTroops.org)
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To: NTHockey

Maybe they’re mapping terrain preparing for the big melt. :-)


11 posted on 04/28/2008 10:07:43 AM PDT by jazusamo (DefendOurMarines.org | DefendOurTroops.org)
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To: jazusamo
The P-3 Orion came from the Lockheed Electra. As a kid we lived about 8 miles from National Airport, now Reagan, and in the morning you could hear the props from them and the Viscounts as they warmed up for the morning commutes.
12 posted on 04/28/2008 10:19:21 AM PDT by fella (Is he al-taquiya or is he murtadd? Only his iman knows for sure.)
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To: jazusamo

Could they drop down through NM, AZ & CA and come up I-5?

I think that’s to far south. I believe they come up to Spokane, Washington and have a choice of three routes: south along the Columbia River towards Portland then north to Seattle, west to Blewitt Pass then coming down to Auburn or northwest to Wenatchee and up to the Cascade tunnel and down to Everett. I have hiked and fished along both mountain pass routes. There are some very tight areas where the trains must go very slow. The track is still the original layout from when it was first built.


13 posted on 04/28/2008 10:24:54 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: fella

They’ve sure been a workhorse, I worked with a guy in the 70’s that had been a crew member on one.


14 posted on 04/28/2008 10:26:54 AM PDT by jazusamo (DefendOurMarines.org | DefendOurTroops.org)
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To: jazusamo

They’re going to land these on a carrier?


15 posted on 04/28/2008 10:32:26 AM PDT by Last Dakotan
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

I don’t know why I was thinking Interstates, they’re shipped by rail but I’m not familiar with that either.


16 posted on 04/28/2008 10:34:45 AM PDT by jazusamo (DefendOurMarines.org | DefendOurTroops.org)
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To: Last Dakotan

No and the Orion isn’t either, the S B3 Viking is the carrier based sub hunter.


17 posted on 04/28/2008 10:39:39 AM PDT by jazusamo (DefendOurMarines.org | DefendOurTroops.org)
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

They come in on railroad flat cars wrapped in green with green drop cloths to protect the finsh and provide security read the whole story then read the bloogers comments concerning the crap that Boeing is pulling. USN asked them to speed up delivery arrogant vp of Boeing says no. Hmm and they wonder why Northrop got the tanker. PS the supposed delivery of the tankers to italy and Japan have yet to happen they have been kicked an additional year due to wait for it yes Foriegn parts suppliers being on strike and Boeing claims to be a total american company bs say I


18 posted on 04/28/2008 10:41:18 AM PDT by straps (Off the coast of Florida is enough oil and natural gas to take care of us. Period)
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

Do you wear deer costumes in the woods during hunting season?


19 posted on 04/28/2008 10:42:27 AM PDT by Born to Conserve
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To: Born to Conserve

If it was legal, it might be fun.


20 posted on 04/28/2008 10:52:07 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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