RAF Poseidon - Not too long to wait?
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Originally Posted by pr00ne
What is the roundel doing there?
it's not a roundel - it's the push switch to open/close the door.................. that size so you don't have to take off your leather-backed gloves..............
Don't want to rain on anyone's parade, but that's a photoshopped image from earlier this year: https://twitter.com/RoyalAirForce/st...32395335438336
I don't think any of ours are quite off the production line yet, but happy to be corrected.
I don't think any of ours are quite off the production line yet, but happy to be corrected.
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Oops, sorry, posts before mine appeared after I posted - how odd. Probably [email protected] Microsoft
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That’s a very narrow door for all the food that’ll need to be loaded! No lessons learnt from the sliding cargo door on the RJ although that can still struggle with everything the champion eaters need.
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Shouldn't there be a large US NAVYesque "RAF" on the rear fuselage like the RJ's bastardisation of the US AIR FORCE markings? (must have saved a couple of quid on stencils etc when changing US to ROYAL).
Don't understand why we didn't go with a more fitting "Royal Air Force" on the forward fuselage as other large aircraft.
Don't understand why we didn't go with a more fitting "Royal Air Force" on the forward fuselage as other large aircraft.
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P8
Because under the latest cost saving initiative, they will be operated by Ryanair under a pfi that will cost squidlions in years to come and the pilots will all be Russian or eastern European...
Boeing secures $2.5bn order for 19 P-8 maritime patrol aircraft
Article on Flight Global this week.
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Boeing received a $2.5 billion foreign military sales order for 19 P-8 maritime patrol aircraft for the US Navy, Royal Air Force and Norway.
The USN is ordering 10 aircraft, the UK is ordering four aircraft and the government of Norway is ordering five aircraft.
Thus far, Boeing says it has delivered 78 P-8A Positions to the USN, eight to the Royal Australian Air Force, and eight P-8Is to India. The RAF is scheduled to receive its first aircraft by the end of 2019, says Boeing.
The USN is ordering 10 aircraft, the UK is ordering four aircraft and the government of Norway is ordering five aircraft.
Thus far, Boeing says it has delivered 78 P-8A Positions to the USN, eight to the Royal Australian Air Force, and eight P-8Is to India. The RAF is scheduled to receive its first aircraft by the end of 2019, says Boeing.
Originally Posted by Saintsman
4 Aircraft.
2 new Squadrons then...
2 new Squadrons then...
Delighted to announce that Wg Cdr Ads Smolak will be the Boss of the second @P8A_PoseidonRAF Squadron - no 201. Based at @raflossiemouth alongside 120 Squadron, whose people have already started training with @USNavy this month @RoyalAirForce
https://twit
Last edited by Davef68; 30th Jan 2019 at 07:41.
