Naval Aviation Centennial, Whidbey Island NAS (Ault Field)

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Some rather amateurish shots from Ault Field, yesterday. I took a couple of
videos of the airshow that are not shown here. They are worse than the
pictures!

Old Chief Lynn

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[Indrek[_2_]]

"coffelt2" > wrote in message
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> Some rather amateurish shots from Ault Field, yesterday. I took a couple
> of videos of the airshow that are not shown here. They are worse than the
> pictures!
>
> Old Chief Lynn

Thanks for sharing some pictures of interesting aircraft. It's hard to match
the very high standard set by Glenn, for example, but these photos are
nothing to be ashamed of.

Cheers,

Indrek Aavisto


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On Sun, 31 Jul 2011 12:08:46 -0700, "coffelt2" >
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A question for the group assembled:
What is Raytheon doing with these birds (7 of them), including two
that are listed as EA3Bs? Are they used for the radar and missile
development?
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[Dave Kearton[_3_]]

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Is this Orion as 'A-model' as it looks ?





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Cheers

Dave Kearton

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"Indrek" > wrote in message
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> "coffelt2" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Some rather amateurish shots from Ault Field, yesterday. I took a couple
>> of videos of the airshow that are not shown here. They are worse than the
>> pictures!
>>
>> Old Chief Lynn
>
> Thanks for sharing some pictures of interesting aircraft. It's hard to
> match the very high standard set by Glenn, for example, but these photos
> are nothing to be ashamed of.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Indrek Aavisto
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Hear Hear, great pics


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Cheers

Dave Kearton

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"Dave Kearton" <>
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> Is this Orion as 'A-model' as it looks ?
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> Cheers
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> Dave Kearton
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I guess "looks" is all. Website says it's a repainted P-3c.

http://www.p3orion.nl/news.html

Old Chief Lynn

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> A question for the group assembled:
> What is Raytheon doing with these birds (7 of them), including two
> that are listed as EA3Bs? Are they used for the radar and missile
> development?
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> My email is JohnMee3 <AT> comcast.net, not whatever is in the header

My understanding is that Raytheon finished with these birds, and this one
now belongs to the National Naval Aviation Museum, and is on loan to NAS
Whidbey
as a static display. I believe a volunteer group is going to restore it to
near original appearance condition. (It flew in here, Ault Field, in just a
few days ago)

http://a3skywarriorforwhidbey.org/

Old Chief Lynn

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On Sun, 31 Jul 2011 15:29:13 -0700, "coffelt2" >
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>> A question for the group assembled:
>> What is Raytheon doing with these birds (7 of them), including two
>> that are listed as EA3Bs? Are they used for the radar and missile
>> development?
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>> My email is JohnMee3 <AT> comcast.net, not whatever is in the header
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>My understanding is that Raytheon finished with these birds, and this one
>now belongs to the National Naval Aviation Museum, and is on loan to NAS
>Whidbey
>as a static display. I believe a volunteer group is going to restore it to
>near original appearance condition. (It flew in here, Ault Field, in just a
>few days ago)
>
>http://a3skywarriorforwhidbey.org/
>
>Old Chief Lynn
Thanks-
From what Wikipedia and some others said, 875RS was the last one
flying and it went to Pensacola for display, so I was surprised to see
that one there and thought it was still being used by Raytheon..
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