First P-8A for RAF

Post by **roger4** » Thu May 09, 2019 7:52 am

Snoop95 - no need to guess, the photos show the nose cone, wings, fin fillet and rudder are already painted!

Post by **plmc135** » Thu May 09, 2019 8:18 am

roger4 wrote: ↑
Thu May 09, 2019 7:52 am
Snoop95 - no need to guess, the photos show the nose cone, wings, fin fillet and rudder are already painted!

All 737's appear like that on the production line; the only element that can sometimes identify the customer is the rudder which is painted to help with the balancing of the aircraft

Post by **ColintheCaterpillar** » Sun May 12, 2019 6:55 pm

plmc135 wrote: ↑
Thu May 09, 2019 8:18 am

roger4 wrote: ↑
Thu May 09, 2019 7:52 am
Snoop95 - no need to guess, the photos show the nose cone, wings, fin fillet and rudder are already painted!
All 737's appear like that on the production line; the only element that can sometimes identify the customer is the rudder which is painted to help with the balancing of the aircraft

The control surfaces will be painted before fitting to the aircraft as they have to be balanced individually. If you painted them on the aircraft you'd probably have to take them off again.

Post by **plmc135** » Sun Jun 23, 2019 7:23 am

Courtesy of the Renton 737 blog, the first RAF P-8A is now on the flightline at Renton fully marked as ZP801 with 01 on nose and tail.

Post by **XR713** » Sun Jun 23, 2019 7:30 am

Fantastic, can't wait for the RAF to return to MPA ops.

Post by **benno** » Sun Jun 23, 2019 11:50 am

https://www.talkingaero.com/2019/06/23/ ... 8-spotted/

Post by **plmc135** » Fri Sep 06, 2019 9:07 am

Courtesy of the Renton 737 blog, the second RAF P-8A is now on the flightline at Renton fully marked as ZP802 with 02 on nose and tail.

Post by **Thunder** » Fri Sep 06, 2019 3:33 pm

Strange that no mention on here that ZP801 made it’s first flight back on the 12th of July.

Post by **rh226** » Sat Sep 07, 2019 10:41 am

Thunder wrote: ↑
Fri Sep 06, 2019 3:33 pm
Strange that no mention on here that ZP801 made it’s first flight back on the 12th of July.

There was a separate thread for that, Thunder.

See viewtopic.php?f=287&t=178088

Post by **Raski** » Thu Oct 10, 2019 2:57 am

ZP801 first flight yesterday after completion of installation kit (with pics).

Post by **rh226** » Thu Oct 10, 2019 9:02 am

Hex code 43C918

Post by **Raski** » Thu Oct 10, 2019 9:11 am

It's shown in the link.

Post by **adderman** » Thu Oct 31, 2019 10:41 pm

Update from Daily Fail on 31/10/2019

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... g-jet.html

The usual mistakes in the article but a couple of good videos, the armchair warrior comments worth a chuckle too.

Mike

Post by **Raski** » Fri Jan 17, 2020 10:25 pm

2nd one ZP802 on first flight after completion today, 43C919.

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