L-188 and P-3

Why was the Lockheed Electra L-188 selected by the U. S. Navy for its
Orion P-3? What modifications did it undergo to become the Orion P-3?
Would there be any federal documents from that era that might be
relevant? The contract was awarded in 1959. The first delivery was in
1962.
Thanks.
Mike

http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...-3-history.htm


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Why was the Lockheed Electra L-188 selected by the U. S. Navy for its
Orion P-3? What modifications did it undergo to become the Orion P-3?
Would there be any federal documents from that era that might be
relevant? The contract was awarded in 1959. The first delivery was in
1962.
Thanks.
Mike

yared- Why was the Lockheed Electra L-188 selected by the U. S. Navy for its
Orion P-3? What modifications did it undergo to become the Orion P-3?
BRBR

Bunks, microwave, room to store perdium $....
P. C. Chisholm
CDR, USN(ret.)
Old Phart Phormer Phantom, Turkey, Viper, Scooter and Combat Buckeye Phlyer

Pechs1 always has very pleasant thing to say about us (ugh!) but another
source is David Reade's "The Age of Orion" and the first chapter will
amplify some of the data in "damon's" URL. I was the first P3C PPC in the
Navy as CO of VP-56 at the Fleet Introduction and while it was centuries ago
(it seems) the data is good and pretty much the way I remember it.

John McIntyre
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yared- Why was the Lockheed Electra L-188 selected by the U. S. Navy for
its
Orion P-3? What modifications did it undergo to become the Orion P-3?
BRBR

Bunks, microwave, room to store perdium $....
P. C. Chisholm
CDR, USN(ret.)
Old Phart Phormer Phantom, Turkey, Viper, Scooter and Combat Buckeye
Phlyer

On Sun, 02 May 2004 00:06:16 GMT, "Harriet and John"
wrote:

I was the first P3C PPC in the
Navy as CO of VP-56 at the Fleet Introduction and while it was centuries ago
(it seems) the data is good and pretty much the way I remember it.

John McIntyre

Did you deploy to KIKF shortly thereafter?




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Why was the Lockheed Electra L-188 selected by the U. S. Navy for its
Orion P-3? What modifications did it undergo to become the Orion P-3?
Would there be any federal documents from that era that might be
relevant? The contract was awarded in 1959. The first delivery was in
1962.
Thanks.
Mike

Oh come on, don't be silly! They didn't have microwave ovens back then!
:-)


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yared- Why was the Lockheed Electra L-188 selected by the U. S. Navy for
its
Orion P-3? What modifications did it undergo to become the Orion P-3?
BRBR

Bunks, microwave, room to store perdium $....
P. C. Chisholm
CDR, USN(ret.)
Old Phart Phormer Phantom, Turkey, Viper, Scooter and Combat Buckeye
Phlyer

Darryl- Oh come on, don't be silly! They didn't have microwave ovens back
then!
:-) BRBR

Silly of me...back then, before the $ devalue required a bigger $ room and
before MWO, they had a complete Martha Stewart kitchen, complete with a little
Dolly in flooffy skirt and flowered apron.

'Lunch is served boys'...twinkle twinkle , batt, batt of eyelashes....
P. C. Chisholm
CDR, USN(ret.)
Old Phart Phormer Phantom, Turkey, Viper, Scooter and Combat Buckeye Phlyer

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Silly of me...back then, before the $ devalue required a bigger $ room
and before MWO, they had a complete Martha Stewart kitchen, complete
with a little Dolly in flooffy skirt and flowered apron.

My metalsmith earned his position on the crew with his ability to bake
(from scratch) apple pies during operation "Market Time" patrols off
the coast of Vietnam back in 1967.

Bob Moore
VP-46

Once traded a case of Navy survival knives to an Air Force mess sgt for a
case of steaks for one of our Market time ops. at NAF Naha.
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jim morris