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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike
Not really the aircraft they were based on the Il-18 and the Lockheed L-188 Electra both had their first flights the same year. It just took the Russians longer to decide to build an MPA version.
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Wow, good looking
and the first one in
But I'm kinda biased... my dad flew Orions so I got to see them a lot. On a side note, a while back we (he and I) went to a Coast Guard auxiliary meeting and met a guy who used to fly P-2s:
