RAAF Orions being retired
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2018 4:16 pmMy very first international flight was on a P-3 ....to Fiji.
I guess museums will be lining up to get one.
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Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2018 4:16 pmRe: RAAF Orions being retired
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2018 7:38 pmRe: RAAF Orions being retired
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2018 9:06 pmIn service for Oz for 50 years and then replaced by a drone. What a comedown. Hang on, I've been in Oz for 50 years 
Re: RAAF Orions being retired
Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2018 7:20 amWell of course like OZ, NZ has bought Poseidons at some considerable cost.
The drones are supplementary to that.
This puzzles me, flying around in circles for hours seems to be a better fit for an unmanned platform.
Cheaper by a country mile, too.
And I haven't ever heard of an Orion using any of its weapon suite in anger.
The drones are supplementary to that.
This puzzles me, flying around in circles for hours seems to be a better fit for an unmanned platform.
Cheaper by a country mile, too.
And I haven't ever heard of an Orion using any of its weapon suite in anger.