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First P-8A for RAF
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Snoop95 - no need to guess, the photos show the nose cone, wings, fin fillet and rudder are already painted!
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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
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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.
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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.
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Fantastic, can't wait for the RAF to return to MPA ops.
Re:Second P-8A for RAF
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.
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Strange that no mention on here that ZP801 made it’s first flight back on the 12th of July.
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Cheers, Bob
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ZP801 first flight yesterday after completion of installation kit (with pics).
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It's shown in the link.
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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
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
Re: First P-8A for RAF
2nd one ZP802 on first flight after completion today, 43C919.
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