Another Ancient Military Plane Grounded

Honeck is once again showing his ignorance when it comes to aircraft.

???

My comments are related to the fact that these planes are old and past
due for replacement.

The P3 is used for maritime patrol which means it spends a lot of time
low and maneuvering over water. This is a corrosive environment and also
induces airframe stress. The majority of the P3's in service today were
delivered in the mid-70's making the average age 30 years. These
aircraft are also maintained to the highest standards

Exactly correct -- thank you for restating my point. I'm glad we
agree.

Or are you saying that grounding the fleet was unnecessary?
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Originally Posted by Jay Honeck

My comments are related to the fact that these planes are old and past
due for replacement.

With that "logic" can we safely say your 30+year old Cherokee is old and past due for replacement?

You have obviously never served in the military, and don't have a clue to the various missions of each branch, much less the capabilities of their respective aircraft.

With that "logic" can we safely say your 30+year old Cherokee is old
and past due for replacement?

You have obviously never served in the military, and don't have a clue
to the various missions of each branch, much less the capabilities of
their respective aircraft.

Clearly your contention is that the grounding of the P-3s and F-15s
was unnecessary. On what do you base this assessment?
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Originally Posted by Jay Honeck

Clearly your contention is that the grounding of the P-3s and F-15s
was unnecessary. On what do you base this assessment?

That was not my contention. You started this thread off by stating P-3's were "antique" airplanes "built" in the 50's. I pointed out that all current P-3's were built in the mid 70's.

So by using your logic, your 30+ year old Cherokee is an "antique" and should be replaced.

BTW, I've flown missions aboard P-3C's and EP-3E's, and worked with the maintenance end of the squadron. What is your experience with ANY military aircraft, other than what you have read on the internet?

rotor&wing wrote in
:

You have obviously never served in the military, and don't have a
clue to the various missions of each branch, much less the
capabilities of their respective aircraft.

I see, you know for a fact that he doesn't have a DD-214?

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Originally Posted by John Godwin

rotor&wing wrote in
:

You have obviously never served in the military, and don't have a
clue to the various missions of each branch, much less the
capabilities of their respective aircraft.

I see, you know for a fact that he doesn't have a DD-214?

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Honeck never served in any branch of the military. He just likes to pretend he's an "expert" in military aviation.