Did you know that registration to Fighter Control is completely free and brings you lots of added features? Find out more....
ZP801 airborne
- Fighterfoto
- Posts: 686
- Joined: Tue Oct 06, 2009 4:01 pm
ZP801 airborne
The first UK Poseidon MRA1 is airborne on its maiden flight using callsign BOE171. Its repositioning from Renton to Boeing Field for fitting of its mission kit. Formal handover will be in October.
Never trust a grown man with a nickname
- vulcanxl425
- Posts: 2490
- Joined: Wed Aug 29, 2012 10:14 am
- Location: East of Lossiemouth
Re: ZP801 airborne
The P-8 now carries lettering "Pride of Moray" emblazoned on fuselage.
Al
" Thoir an Aire - Be Always Alert "
" Thoir an Aire - Be Always Alert "
Re: ZP801 airborne
Brilliant, that means the whole fleet will move to Waddo.
No one gets out of life alive.
Equipment: Camera, Lens, Goretex Y fronts
Equipment: Camera, Lens, Goretex Y fronts
-
- Posts: 546
- Joined: Wed Sep 03, 2014 9:51 am
- Location: Severn valley, South Shropshire
Re: ZP801 airborne
'Pride of the Witham' doesn't quite have the same cachet, does it...?
Re: ZP801 airborne
When does it come to the UK?
Re: ZP801 airborne
When they have finished testing it, I don't think the mission kits is installed yet
Re: ZP801 airborne
Mission equipment installation first. Then to NAS JAX in the autumn for some workup and testing.
Re: ZP801 airborne
So 2020 then. I did read somewhere quite while back, not sure how accurate it was? That we are purchasing the nine P8's over a ten year period?
Re: ZP801 airborne
I read a while back that the first two aircraft are due to be delivered to Kinloss in February 2020, and will fly from there for a few months until Lossie is ready for them. Whether that means the infrastructure work at Lossie is behind schedule I don't know. Seems a strange state of affairs.
Re: ZP801 airborne
It’s not behind schedule just a lot to do in a short period. Hangar/Ops/Eng building(it’s massive), new hard standings, taxiways and runway strengthening all required.
Re: ZP801 airborne
Mark Owen.