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[Michael[_11_]]

It looks like a P-3 Orion, but that's a Navy patrol plane. This is a
USAF plane.

[John Szalay[_2_]]

Michael >
> Can anyone identify this aircraft?

EC-121D Lockheed Super Constellation 53-0555 "Triple-Nickel" at the Air
Force Museum Dayton

[Norm DePlume]

On Sun, 30 May 2010 12:05:56 -0400, Michael >
wrote:

>It looks like a P-3 Orion, but that's a Navy patrol plane. This is a
>USAF plane.

Hello,
This is a Lockheed EC-121D. You can learn more about it here:
http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=328

[Michael[_11_]]

On Sun, 30 May 2010 11:27:00 -0500, John Szalay
<john.szalay.at.att.net> wrote:

>Michael >
>> Can anyone identify this aircraft?
>
> EC-121D Lockheed Super Constellation 53-0555 "Triple-Nickel" at the Air
> Force Museum Dayton

Many thanks to both of you. I indeed took that photo at
Wright-Patterson AFB Museum back in 2003. I just failed to note the
model when I took the shot.

[Orval Fairbairn[_2_]]

In article >,
Michael > wrote:

> It looks like a P-3 Orion, but that's a Navy patrol plane. This is a
> USAF plane.
>
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EC-121 Lockheed Warning Star -- airborne early warning plane development
of the Lockheed Super Constellation airliner of the 1950s. The Navy also
flew their version of this aircraft.

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