P-3C Orion In War On Terror

According to:

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs...4-2320885a22dd

The P-3C is proving unexpectedly useful in overland operations in Iraq
and Afghanistan.


Fun fact:

The reason that maritime patrol aircraft (including the new P-8A) have
internal weapon bays is that the
torpedo fuel freezes or congeals at altitude.

Finally - something about Naval aviation in this newsgroup!

WDA

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According to:

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs...4-2320885a22dd

The P-3C is proving unexpectedly useful in overland operations in Iraq
and Afghanistan.


Fun fact:

The reason that maritime patrol aircraft (including the new P-8A) have
internal weapon bays is that the
torpedo fuel freezes or congeals at altitude.

On Jun 15, 11:40 pm, wrote:
According to:

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs...plckController...

The P-3C is proving unexpectedly useful in overland operations in Iraq
and Afghanistan.

Fun fact:

The reason that maritime patrol aircraft (including the new P-8A) have
internal weapon bays is that the
torpedo fuel freezes or congeals at altitude.


And they (the bomb bay on P-3s) are heated, too. Of course I have NO
idea how warm they are...

Some P-3's have also been fitted with a JSTARS-type Radar system:

http://aviationweek.typepad.com/ares...tesecret_.html

In article . com,
wrote:

Some P-3's have also been fitted with a JSTARS-type Radar system:

http://aviationweek.typepad.com/ares...tesecret_.html

The article mentioned above is incorrect: the radar in question, the
AN/APY-10 is NOT an AESA antenna.

The APY-10 is a deravitive of the APS-137, both use a parabolic dish.

JSTARS is a passive ESA system.

Harry

--
Harry Andreas
Engineering raconteur

On Jun 18, 11:33 am, (Harry Andreas) wrote:
In article . com,

wrote:
Some P-3's have also been fitted with a JSTARS-type Radar system:

http://aviationweek.typepad.com/ares...tesecret_.html

The article mentioned above is incorrect: the radar in question, the
AN/APY-10 is NOT an AESA antenna.

The APY-10 is a deravitive of the APS-137, both use a parabolic dish.

JSTARS is a passive ESA system.

Harry

--
Harry Andreas
Engineering raconteur

I thought the APs-137 sat in the nose of the P-3, while the APY-10 is
the
improved version slated for the P-8.

The LSRS on the other hand, is a different radar that uses the large
"canoe"
radome mounted under the P-3's fuselage.

http://aviationweek.typepad.com/phot...7/p2_lsrs3.jpg

At least that's my understanding of the situation. If I'm wrong, feel
free
to correct me.

In article . com,
wrote:

On Jun 18, 11:33 am, (Harry Andreas) wrote:
In article . com,

wrote:
Some P-3's have also been fitted with a JSTARS-type Radar system:

http://aviationweek.typepad.com/ares...tesecret_.html

The article mentioned above is incorrect: the radar in question, the
AN/APY-10 is NOT an AESA antenna.

The APY-10 is a deravitive of the APS-137, both use a parabolic dish.

JSTARS is a passive ESA system.

Harry

--
Harry Andreas
Engineering raconteur

I thought the APs-137 sat in the nose of the P-3, while the APY-10 is
the
improved version slated for the P-8.

The LSRS on the other hand, is a different radar that uses the large
"canoe"
radome mounted under the P-3's fuselage.

http://aviationweek.typepad.com/phot...7/p2_lsrs3.jpg

At least that's my understanding of the situation. If I'm wrong, feel
free to correct me.

You might be right. I may have looked at the wrong website.

cheers

--
Harry Andreas
Engineering raconteur

There's something kind of fishy with that photo! Note how gooned up the
nose radome is! Pretty lousy job with Adobe!

Tom, with a few (5K+) hours in the mighty Orion.

"Harry Andreas" wrote in message
...
In article . com,
wrote:

On Jun 18, 11:33 am, (Harry Andreas) wrote:
In article . com,

wrote:
Some P-3's have also been fitted with a JSTARS-type Radar system:

http://aviationweek.typepad.com/ares...tesecret_.html

The article mentioned above is incorrect: the radar in question, the
AN/APY-10 is NOT an AESA antenna.

The APY-10 is a deravitive of the APS-137, both use a parabolic dish.

JSTARS is a passive ESA system.

Harry

--
Harry Andreas
Engineering raconteur

I thought the APs-137 sat in the nose of the P-3, while the APY-10 is
the
improved version slated for the P-8.

The LSRS on the other hand, is a different radar that uses the large
"canoe"
radome mounted under the P-3's fuselage.

http://aviationweek.typepad.com/phot...7/p2_lsrs3.jpg

At least that's my understanding of the situation. If I'm wrong, feel
free to correct me.

You might be right. I may have looked at the wrong website.

cheers

--
Harry Andreas
Engineering raconteur

Tom,

Follow the P-3 Orion Research Group link in the Aviation Week article.

Then hit the "sneaky" button.

Everything you wanted to know about the P-3 and LSRS and Dallas is on
there.

They also have better pictures of the A/C with the nose radome
lightning strike.

Also they talk about the LSRS being used in theater in the mid east.

Best P-3 website on the net, these guys from Netherlands reall did a
great job.

Cheers!

On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 22:27:04 -0400, "Tom Clarke"

wrote:

There's something kind of fishy with that photo! Note how gooned up the
nose radome is! Pretty lousy job with Adobe!

Tom, with a few (5K+) hours in the mighty Orion.

"Harry Andreas" wrote in message
...
In article . com,
wrote:

On Jun 18, 11:33 am, (Harry Andreas) wrote:
In article . com,

wrote:
Some P-3's have also been fitted with a JSTARS-type Radar system:

http://aviationweek.typepad.com/ares...tesecret_.html

The article mentioned above is incorrect: the radar in question, the
AN/APY-10 is NOT an AESA antenna.

The APY-10 is a deravitive of the APS-137, both use a parabolic dish.

JSTARS is a passive ESA system.

Harry

--
Harry Andreas
Engineering raconteur

I thought the APs-137 sat in the nose of the P-3, while the APY-10 is
the
improved version slated for the P-8.

The LSRS on the other hand, is a different radar that uses the large
"canoe"
radome mounted under the P-3's fuselage.

http://aviationweek.typepad.com/phot...7/p2_lsrs3.jpg

At least that's my understanding of the situation. If I'm wrong, feel
free to correct me.

You might be right. I may have looked at the wrong website.

cheers

--
Harry Andreas
Engineering raconteur

On Jun 18, 7:27 pm, "Tom Clarke" wrote:
There's something kind of fishy with that photo! Note how gooned up the
nose radome is! Pretty lousy job with Adobe!

Tom, with a few (5K+) hours in the mighty Orion.


Hope they didn't smack into another Chinese fighter.