P-3 Orion panorama 3-1, 3-2 , Moffett Field Naval Air Station 1993 open house / airshow : 無料・フリー素材/写真
P-3 Orion panorama 3-1, 3-2 , Moffett Field Naval Air Station 1993 open house / airshow / wbaiv
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示-継承 2.1 |
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| 説明 | Lockheed P-3C Orion. US Navy long-range, land-based, ocean patrol, strike, and anti-submaine warfare (ASW) airplane. The Orion was derrived from the Lockheed L-188 Electra (aka Electra II) turboprop airliner. Orions far outsold their civil counterparts, operating for the US, Canada, Netherlands, Norway, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Iran and probably others. Each Allison turboprop develops 4000+ horsepower, so performance is spritely compared to the piston=engined planes they originally replaced. P-3 design and operation emphasized ASW, with a Magnetic Abnormality Detector (MAD) at the tip of the non-metalic boom behind the tailplanes, a big array of sonar-bouys in launchers under the rear fuselage, a bomb bay under the forward fuselage for homing torpedoes and depth charges, both of which might have had nuclear or conventional explosive warheads. Stations for sensor operators, 4 visual lookouts and a mission commander were in the fuselage. Radar, electronic reconnaissance and countermeasures, low-light TV, Diesel engine exhaust detectors and all sorts of high technology were carried. Guided or unguided missiles, dumb-bombs and air-deployed mines could be carried in the bomb bay or under 6 pylons under the outer wings.After 40+ years of reliable and efficient service, the Boeing P-8 Poseidon, based on the 737 airliner, is finally bringing fan-jet efficiency and speeds, newer airframe technology and a larger fuselage and greater payload weight to the role, replacing Orions that are older than their crews. Just as they replaced Lockheed P-2 Neptunes, AVRO Shackletons and Lancasters/Lincolns, B-24/PB4Y Liberator/Privateers and all sorts of improvisations. |
| 撮影日 | 1993-01-01 00:00:00 |
| 撮影者 | wbaiv |
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