Yep, was outside when they flew by, less than 400m away.
Well done for your 50 years service..
Three Orions (AP3C) in strict formation carried out a Flypast/Flyover today as a farewell gesture.
They are being replaced by the Poseidon so I have since discovered.
They came in very low from the city & just about touching the Telstra Towers on nearby Mount Bonython (or seemed to) & banking to the right.
I then heard them in the distance doing the rounds of the Adelaide Hills
AP-3C Orion flyover and P-8A Poseidon handling display | Royal Australian Air Force
I wasn't aware of the occasion until I came inside but you just had to give them a wave, it would be rude not to.
Yep, was outside when they flew by, less than 400m away.
Pondering as you do.
I wonder what will be the fate of these AC? Will they be flogged off to another International user or relegated to a big hole in the ground like the F1-11s due to some agreement made 50 years ago with the U.S. or 'gifted' to a less fortunate country like some C130s were?
We'll see.
For Noos subscribers:Wing Commander Smith said two of the Orions had already been sent to the Australian War Memorial and the South Australian Aviation Museum, and several had been sold to an American company.
"It's not quite finished yet and there are a few more years of service in the P-3s," Wing Commander Smith said.
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Else:
Adelaide to farewell Orions after 50 years of rescues, military operations and searches - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Thanks Jilden, great to know they are being put to a good use in their retirement.
Will need big sheds.
HARS has one in flying condition
Thanks HJ, I feel better by the minute.
If any organisation can justify owning one & is capable of housing & maintaining it then HARS would have to be it.
Indeed, 4bee. One of my workmates is an ex-P3 driver. He’s working at HARS getting the approvals for them to fly it. Of course he’ll be one of the flight crew
Following on from the WingCos published interview.......
I recall Douglas Bader saying during one of his RAF Anniversary Air Shows Commentaries (75th I think it was ??) describing how he still couldn't come to terms with Jet Engines of the time as they mostly all sounded the same but not so with piston driven aircraft & how they all sounded so characteristically different & how one could pick them out & identify them.
Ok ok, the Orions are turbo prop, but they do have their own sound signature, unlike jets which still sound the same especially as they fly overhead.
Still, it was great to hear the 12 engines running so smoothly & probably something we will never hear the likes of again here in SA.
Pity about the possible 4th AC which didn't turn up here. 16 engines? Orgasmic to say the least.
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