guy wrote:
Fascinating Gordon, thank you, However it leads to another question,
how easy is it to bale out of a P-3, especially the last man out?

Too lazy to look it up, but ISTR reading that the Orion's door
position relative to the empennage is not well suited to bailing
out. The bird has a poor record both in ditching and in bailouts.
As for the last man, it depends--is the autopilot capable of
holding the plane stable enough, in its damaged condition, for the
pilot to climb out of his seat, attach his chute (they do carry
them), and attempt an exit?


Jeff
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The enemy diversion you are ignoring will turn out to be the main
attack.
Murphy's Laws of Combat