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RAAF maritime patrol heritage display 2016

Sun Jan 08, 2017 8:52 pm

Last year Down Under Aviation News visited the home of the RAAF Maritime Patrol Group at RAAF Edinburgh, Adelaide where 2 events took place - the arrival of new Boeing P-8 aircraft and the winding down of the AP-3C Orion operations was taking place.

These events also brought across 2 very important warbrids - HARS's Catalina and Neptune, so that for the first time ever there were 4 generations of RAAF maritime aircraft on public display. See the coverage at https://downunderaviationnews.wordpress ... -3c-orion/

Re: RAAF maritime patrol heritage display 2016

Sun Jan 08, 2017 10:20 pm

Great story! Has anyone there considered converting the retired P-3s into air tankers?

Re: RAAF maritime patrol heritage display 2016

Mon Jan 09, 2017 5:23 am

Chris Brame wrote:Great story! Has anyone there considered converting the retired P-3s into air tankers?


Believe they have been largely sold on to another country by Defence Disposals through the normal tender process.
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