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Old 04-27-2009, 02:28 PM   #1
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Default Pics of the plane I am working on.

These are pics of the first flight for the P-8A. The plane took of from the Boeing factory in Renton, WA, flew for 3 1/2 hours and landed at Boeing Field in Seattle. The airports are about 5 miles apart as the crow flies.
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Old 04-27-2009, 02:31 PM   #2
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Sweet. I love airplane stuff.

Since I'm sure someone else will ask, and I did too.

"The P-8A Poseidon is a long-range anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft. It possesses an advanced mission system that ensures maximum interoperability in the future battle space. Capable of broad-area maritime, and littoral operations, the P-8A will influence how the U.S. Navy's maritime patrol and reconnaissance forces train, operate and deploy."

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Old 04-27-2009, 02:41 PM   #3
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What a crappy looking 737.

Someone paint that fugger already

Ah for the days when the Navy allowed nose art
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Old 04-27-2009, 02:46 PM   #4
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What a crappy looking 737.

Someone paint that fugger already

Ah for the days when the Navy allowed nose art
That is aircraft T-1. I had some pics of T-2 out of the paint shop emailed to me but I deleted them. I'll try to dig them up again.
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Old 04-27-2009, 02:49 PM   #5
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Ooooh, fun!

I don't think I will ever stop being amazed by planes. They are just the coolest things on the planet. Really.
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Old 04-27-2009, 02:51 PM   #6
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Here.
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Old 04-27-2009, 02:57 PM   #7
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Boy, I bet that sucker can hold a lot of electronics........
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Old 04-27-2009, 03:08 PM   #8
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Interesting wingtip design. Looks like it was taken from the 787.
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Old 04-27-2009, 06:01 PM   #9
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Boy, I bet that sucker can hold a lot of electronics........
Aren't those planes supposed to have a big fucking radar thing on top?

(Sorry for all the complex terminology, I got carried away.)

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Old 04-28-2009, 09:52 PM   #10
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Ah for the days when the Navy allowed nose art
Fly commercial!!!


Nose art would be pretty damn cool. But when you are bombing a muslim terrorist you have to think of their feelings and can't have them dying with the last image of a naked woman. It's just offensive.
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