He is pulling your leg too! No MMAs exist at the moment, although Boeing
made the circuit of VP bases with a 737 during the competition.

The first MMA won't even get to Pax for testing until 2008 or 9 and "the
whole package" hasn't even been firmed up or any metal cut yet.

Makes a great happy hour story though!

Tom
VX-20 Flight Test at Pax

"Elmshoot" wrote in message
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I was talking to a guy at work who is in the reservr P-3 community and has
experience FLYING the MMA he said it is not suitable at low altitude the
whole
package is not to standards and is wondering how combat damage resistamt
it
will be made.
Sparky
Question for the naval aviators: How is the new 737 MMA going to perform
as
the
P-3s replacement? I know it's bigger, carries more "stuff" and whatnot,
but
from what I know of jet engines (even high-bypass fans), won't it be very
fuel
INefficient in the same regime as the P-3 prowls? Cruising along at
1000' or
so
and around 200 KIAS? Or is the MMA going to be punching out sonobuoys
from a
much higher altitude and at a much higher speed?

Is this aircraft the real answer or is it more taxpayer money into the
gaping
maw of the military-industrial copmplex?