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Jan 24, 2023 15:48:07 GMT 12
Post by jim on Jan 24, 2023 15:48:07 GMT 12
You bet HT - the Fincastle trophy. Tracking Russian subs , quite a few countries involved too. it was surprising where the subs went. I recall the Canadians had been tracking a sub all over the place then "passed" it over to us and we also tracked it for weeks all over the pacific before giving it to the Aussies who lost it after 2 days...
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Jan 24, 2023 16:09:37 GMT 12
Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2023 16:09:37 GMT 12
You bet HT - the Fincastle trophy. Tracking Russian subs , quite a few countries involved too. it was surprising where the subs went. I recall the Canadians had been tracking a sub all over the place then "passed" it over to us and we also tracked it for weeks all over the pacific before giving it to the Aussies who lost it after 2 days... What they going to do with Orions? scrap them, on sell or how about they keep in reserve. Many years since I was at the Transport museum,but do remember the Lancaster sitting outside and they used to fire her up on Sundays,now I see sitting inside at Kieth Park hangers,bit of a waste along with the solent/sutherland no access. Need to build a structure around them so they can be viewed/admired. Hate to see an Orion end up there.
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Jan 26, 2023 10:47:58 GMT 12
Post by eri on Jan 26, 2023 10:47:58 GMT 12
afaik 1 is going to the wigram museum
guess the others will be stripped for spares and the airframes eventually scrapped
they have A LOT of hours
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Jan 27, 2023 11:32:05 GMT 12
Post by GO30 on Jan 27, 2023 11:32:05 GMT 12
But not much of the airframes are original now. In fact there would be bugger all components flying today that also flew on the first ever flight. They have had extensive rebuilds over the years including the main spar, which is a huge. A few years ago when the first 2 got rolled out from the upgrades they were nearly the most advanced Orions still flying but I think the US have dealt to their since.
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Jan 27, 2023 16:52:22 GMT 12
Post by eri on Jan 27, 2023 16:52:22 GMT 12
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