Naval Aviation Centennial, Whidbey Island NAS (Ault Field)

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"coffelt2" wrote in message
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Some rather amateurish shots from Ault Field, yesterday. I took a couple
of videos of the airshow that are not shown here. They are worse than the
pictures!

Old Chief Lynn

Thanks for sharing some pictures of interesting aircraft. It's hard to match
the very high standard set by Glenn, for example, but these photos are
nothing to be ashamed of.

Cheers,

Indrek Aavisto


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On Sun, 31 Jul 2011 12:08:46 -0700, "coffelt2"
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A question for the group assembled:
What is Raytheon doing with these birds (7 of them), including two
that are listed as EA3Bs? Are they used for the radar and missile
development?
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"coffelt2" wrote in message
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Is this Orion as 'A-model' as it looks ?





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Cheers

Dave Kearton

"Indrek" wrote in message
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"coffelt2" wrote in message
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Some rather amateurish shots from Ault Field, yesterday. I took a couple
of videos of the airshow that are not shown here. They are worse than the
pictures!

Old Chief Lynn

Thanks for sharing some pictures of interesting aircraft. It's hard to
match the very high standard set by Glenn, for example, but these photos
are nothing to be ashamed of.

Cheers,

Indrek Aavisto


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Hear Hear, great pics


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Cheers

Dave Kearton

"Dave Kearton"

Is this Orion as 'A-model' as it looks ?

Cheers

Dave Kearton

I guess "looks" is all. Website says it's a repainted P-3c.

http://www.p3orion.nl/news.html

Old Chief Lynn

A question for the group assembled:
What is Raytheon doing with these birds (7 of them), including two
that are listed as EA3Bs? Are they used for the radar and missile
development?
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My email is JohnMee3 AT comcast.net, not whatever is in the header

My understanding is that Raytheon finished with these birds, and this one
now belongs to the National Naval Aviation Museum, and is on loan to NAS
Whidbey
as a static display. I believe a volunteer group is going to restore it to
near original appearance condition. (It flew in here, Ault Field, in just a
few days ago)

http://a3skywarriorforwhidbey.org/

Old Chief Lynn