At last a savior for the Royal Navy

TLAM Strike · 02-23-11, 10:48 AM

Quote:

Navy to buy new aircraft

Published on Tue Feb 22 13:07:21 GMT 2011

THE Royal Navy is looking to buy a fleet of maritime patrol aircraft for up to £1 billion just weeks after the Ministry of Defence scrapped the new Nimrod aircraft at a cost of £3.6 billion.
The MoD confirmed last week that the navy wanted to buy its own maritime patrol aircraft to track enemy submarines to replace the Nimrods, which are being broken up for scrap.
The new RAF Nimrod MRA4s had not even come into service when the prime minister announced last October that as part of the strategic defence review he was scrapping Nimrod.
The navy, which was furious that RAF bosses had agreed to get rid of Nimrod at a time of increased submarine activity, has already set up a team to buy a replacement and ensure that it is flown by the Fleet Air Arm. The programme is being run by Commodore Simon Kings with a team made up of naval officers.

Its got to be the Boeing P-8. That is the only western MPA in development. Either that or that new Kawasaki P-1.

Gerald · 02-23-11, 11:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

... and its name is Boeing?

Its got to be the Boeing P-8. That is the only western MPA in development. Either that or that new Kawasaki P-1.

Good news for U.K

Tchocky · 02-23-11, 11:23 AM

Would like to see the P-1, nice looking bird

Weiss Pinguin · 02-23-11, 12:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tchocky

Would like to see the P-1, nice looking bird

Can't beat the P-3 for looks IMO

Herr-Berbunch · 02-23-11, 12:12 PM

Not a Boeing XP-8?

Still - better than nothing

TLAM Strike · 02-23-11, 12:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Weiss Pinguin

Can't beat the P-3 for looks IMO

You sure about that?

August · 02-23-11, 12:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

You sure about that?

Cheap Russian knock off...

Sailor Steve · 02-23-11, 12:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

Not a Boeing XP-8?

Still - better than nothing

I'm a huge fan of the '20s and '30s. Many years ago I even built models of the Curtiss P-1 series.

TLAM Strike · 02-23-11, 12:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by August

Cheap Russian knock off...

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.

Schroeder · 02-23-11, 12:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

I'm a huge fan of the '20s and '30s. Many years ago I even built models of the Curtiss P-1 series.

That's because you've lived through them.

Hope that wasn't too mean now....

AVGWarhawk · 02-23-11, 01:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Schroeder

That's because you've lived through them.

Hope that wasn't too mean now....

Weiss Pinguin · 02-23-11, 02:05 PM

Quote:

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.

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:

TLAM Strike · 02-23-11, 02:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Weiss Pinguin

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:

You should have asked that P-2V Driver if he did any carrier launches...

Quote:

A Lockheed P2V Neptune launches with "Jet-assisted take-off (JATO)" from the aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB-42) on 2 July 1951.

But if you want to talk about old school ASW aircraft, you can't top the Grumman AF Guardian. A plane with so much equipment they needed to bring an extra plane along just to carry it all...

"So much crap they had to start a second pile."

EDIT: I knew a guy who flew aboard P5M Marlins during the Cuban Missile Crisis era. According to him they put a dipping sonar aboard the flying boat so they could land on the water and hunt for submarines. There is something the P-3 can't do!

Oberon · 02-23-11, 02:23 PM

Lets get a little love for the Pea Shooter in here:

On the topic at hand though, it's good news, heck the way things are in the RN right now I think we'd take anything, so it's good that at least it's from a reliable source. (Airbus fans disagree in five...four...three...

)

frau kaleun · 02-23-11, 02:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oberon

Needz moar colours.

And on a related note, OMG MY EYES!!

02-23-11, 11:23 AM	#3
Tchocky Navy Seal Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,874 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Would like to see the P-1, nice looking bird __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

02-23-11, 12:12 PM	#5
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Not a Boeing XP-8? Still - better than nothing __________________

02-23-11, 02:23 PM	#14
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Lets get a little love for the Pea Shooter in here: On the topic at hand though, it's good news, heck the way things are in the RN right now I think we'd take anything, so it's good that at least it's from a reliable source. (Airbus fans disagree in five...four...three... )