Boeing / U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft. First flight of the second test airplane, all painted up in its Navy colors. Video begins with taxi and aborted takeoff test, then takeoff roll starts at the 5:04 mark in the video.
@83rkt thats good if Whidbey airbase gets them last then i wont have to watch them fly over for a while. i guess the p3 is still used for training which is all that airbase dose
@83rkt thats good if Whidbey airbase gets them last then i wont have to watch them fly over for a while. i guess the p3 is still used for training which is all that airbase dose
TheMsdos25 4 months ago
@TheMsdos25 They'll be in JAX in 2 years, then HI, Whidbey gets them last.
83rkt 4 months ago
@83rkt WTF they already did it? now i gonna have deal with these flying over all the time now
TheMsdos25 4 months ago
@TheMsdos25
What do you mean "hope" to replace? It's a done deal, and the P-8 is MUCH more capable. You just sound like a disgruntled FE.
83rkt 4 months ago
what a pathetic plane. they actually hope to replace the p-3 with it?
TheMsdos25 4 months ago
it's gonna suck when the bear and P-3-ski can do better ASW than us :-/
DamionFoster 4 months ago
P8 is a WHITE ELEPHANT.
It is IMPOSSIBLE to replace a naval 4 engine turboprop, with a wide body airliner with 2 jet engines.
IMPOSSIBLE
centurion180ad 5 months ago
love the sound of those CFM56-7B's!
RJfan 7 months ago
@HIllCarver The p-8 has raked wingtips instead of the blended winglets used on some variants of 737
rpreuss 8 months ago
could he climb any slower? lol jk.
CowboyDiplomacy 11 months ago