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Posted on 09/10/2001 8:28:22 PM PDT by Ted
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To: Ted
September 10, 2002
To: higgmeister
Like so:
Think that's a Bear "D" with a Big Buldge radome. But I could be wrong....
To: ContentiousObjector
That's the funniest thing I've heard all day! Thanks!
I may be laughing tomorrow whenever I think about
it...."Mr.Aeronautical Engineer,"
To: First_Salute
Guess I'm slow... what happened the day before 9/11?...
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posted on
08/03/2002 2:02:21 PM PDT
by
Ted
To: Ted
Whatever do you mean?
To: Ted
It's all part of the game.
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posted on
08/03/2002 5:42:38 PM PDT
by
Junior
To: belmont_mark
PING!
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posted on
12/22/2002 1:44:31 AM PST
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Orion78
To: zog
Excellent point. In the 1950s, many recon planes did have guns and in some cases a few AAMs.
To: Orion78
Excellent! Thanks!
To: quietolong; All
Good info. This story is not as worrisome as some would have it.
BTW, I'm an SS-1. 2500 hours in ORION. Currently an Instructor on the "C" models.
Oh, and Sidewinders WERE tested as ordnance on P-3s back in the '80s. They worked pretty well, but were abandoned as the Cold War wound down.
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posted on
12/24/2002 1:19:52 PM PST
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Long Cut
To: zog
Refer to post#50.
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posted on
12/24/2002 1:22:03 PM PST
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Long Cut
To: ContentiousObjector; zog
"Please inform us as to how you would go about installing an AAM weapons system on a P-3" It HAS been done before. ORIONs can carry just about anything...the problem is, the weapons are not carried CURRENTLY (actually, the bird commonly flies unarmed) and thus, the crews are not trained in the tactics and use of such toys.
Also, as good a bird as a P-3 is, it's NO fighter, and could not outmanuever a MiG or a Sukhoi.
As someone said, radar lockups happen all the time. You only worry about it if it's somewhere where shooting is going on, as it was the couple of times it's happened to ME.,p>
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12/24/2002 1:27:50 PM PST
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Long Cut
To: Ted
Ted, that post read 9/10/2002....almost a year after 9/11/2001
To: DearAbby
Shot him down with what???
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posted on
12/24/2002 1:49:54 PM PST
by
cynicom
To: SMEDLEYBUTLER
With what? The P-3's fearsome propellers would have torn him to shreds.
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