Orion Oregon Coast

[clovis]

While flying out to Tillamook Head Oregon on 07/10/04 at about 12.10 PM
PDT at around 1200 feet we saw an Orion about 500 yards off shore well
below our altitude flying from North to South.

We were above it and out to sea about 500-750 yards past where the Orion
was flying so we couldn't tell much except it wasn't painted in a normal
USN paint scheme. If anyone could shed some light on what and whose it
is, that'd be great and thanks.

[Jim Carriere]

clovis wrote:

> While flying out to Tillamook Head Oregon on 07/10/04 at about 12.10 PM
> PDT at around 1200 feet we saw an Orion about 500 yards off shore well
> below our altitude flying from North to South.
>
> We were above it and out to sea about 500-750 yards past where the Orion
> was flying so we couldn't tell much except it wasn't painted in a normal
> USN paint scheme. If anyone could shed some light on what and whose it
> is, that'd be great and thanks.

On second thought, are you sure it wasn't a Canadian aircraft?

[clovis]

In article >,
Jim Carriere > wrote:
>
> On second thought, are you sure it wasn't a Canadian aircraft?
>
Come to think of it, no we didn't think it'd be Canadian. The plane
looked like it has a lighter blue or aqua colored line along the
fusalage and onto the tail. Of course we were going 140 and it was going
faster than that in the opposite direction, so there wasn't much time to
look.

[John Clear]

In article >,
clovis > wrote:
>In article >,
> Jim Carriere > wrote:
>>
>> On second thought, are you sure it wasn't a Canadian aircraft?
>>
>Come to think of it, no we didn't think it'd be Canadian. The plane
>looked like it has a lighter blue or aqua colored line along the
>fusalage and onto the tail. Of course we were going 140 and it was going
>faster than that in the opposite direction, so there wasn't much time to
>look.

NOAA maybe?

First hit on images.google.com:

http://www.ofps.ucar.edu/bamex/catalog/other/pictures/noaa_p3/NOAA_P-3_intercompare.jpg

John
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[Jdf4cheval]

P-3 firefighters have just been cleared for ops again. Perhaps one of those?

<< Come to think of it, no we didn't think it'd be Canadian. The plane
looked like it has a lighter blue or aqua colored line along the
fusalage and onto the tail >>

[Tank Fixer]

In article >,
on Wed, 14 Jul 2004 17:14:34 -0700,
clovis attempted to say .....

> While flying out to Tillamook Head Oregon on 07/10/04 at about 12.10 PM
> PDT at around 1200 feet we saw an Orion about 500 yards off shore well
> below our altitude flying from North to South.
>
> We were above it and out to sea about 500-750 yards past where the Orion
> was flying so we couldn't tell much except it wasn't painted in a normal
> USN paint scheme. If anyone could shed some light on what and whose it
> is, that'd be great and thanks.

I'd speculate some reservists from Widby Is. It was the weekend.


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