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On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 18:18:02 GMT, Gord Beaman
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The P-3 has a day limit of 200', but it's a MUCH larger aircraft that
is not so manueverable.


Gee...the Argus was a much larger a/c than the P-3 and our limit
was 100 feet...why have they limited the P-3 to 200?...

I dunno. IIRC it was 200' day and 300' night. It might be that the
Argus was more manueverable or that Candians had more balls! ;-)


Dunno! ...we sure didn't do much maneuvering there I assure
you!...BTW, we think that that's what happened to the one we lost
off Puerto Rico...he might have dipped a wingtip...we'll never
know, they're at the bottom of the Mariannas(?) Trench now.

Even so, low altitude ops, even out out "opposition" was a challenging
environment. If you can engage a target without going down with
little penalty in weapons performance then it seems to me to be a "no
brainer."


Absolutely!...no sense in endangering tender pink bodies unless
there's some gain to be had.

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-Gord.
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