50 anni di P-3 Orion

[MatteF88]

Quest'anno oltre al B-52 che raggiunge i 60 anni di età, c'è il Lockheed P-3 Orion che ne fa 50..lui però ha già il sostituto sulla rampa di lancio, il P-8 Poseidon.


http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/products/p3.html

http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_displ ... =1400&ct=1

[richelieu]

Alle origini .....


The first Orion prototype was a converted Lockheed Electra .....

Origins .....

In August 1957, the U.S. Navy called for replacement proposals for the aging twin piston engined Lockheed P2V Neptune (later redesignated P-2) and Martin P5M Marlin (later redesignated P-5) with a more advanced aircraft to conduct maritime patrol and antisubmarine warfare.
Modifying an existing aircraft was expected to save on cost and allow rapid introduction into the fleet.
Lockheed suggested a military version of their L-188 Electra, which was still in development and had yet to fly.
In April 1958 Lockheed won the competition and was awarded an initial research and development contract in May.
The prototype YP3V-1/YP-3A, Bureau Number (BuNo) 148276 was modified from the third Electra airframe c/n 1003.
The first flight of the aircraft's aerodynamic prototype, originally designated YP3V-1, was on 19 August 1958.
While based on the same design philosophy as the Lockheed L-188 Electra, the aircraft was structurally different.
The aircraft had 7 feet (2.1 m) less fuselage forward of the wings with an opening bomb bay, and a more pointed nose radome, distinctive tail "stinger", wing hardpoints, and other internal, external, and airframe production technique enhancements.
The Orion has four Allison T56 turboprops which give it a top speed of 411 knots (761 km/h) .....

Fonte: Wikipedia .....

Dall'archivio di "Flight International" .....

http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFAr ... 200577.PDF

http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFAr ... 200682.PDF

http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFAr ... 200854.PDF


1959 ..... il primo volo del prototipo operativo ..... quando ancora veniva chiamato P3V-1 .....

http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFAr ... 203326.PDF

[MatteF88]

Video della dimostrazione in volo di un esemplare neozelandese (nel 2003)


I turboprop T56 seppur in una sottoversione diversa sono praticamente gli stessi che avevano i vecchi C-130 (non i "J" per intenderci)

[richelieu]

Arriva il P-3C ..... del tutto differente sotto la pelle .....

The P-3C Orion differs little in outward appearance from its predecessors the P-3A and -3B, but its interior is markedly different from those of the earlier Orions in that it houses more than 300 pieces of avionics equipment, some 200 of which were not incorporated in the -A and -B models.

Fonte .....

http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFAr ... 202478.PDF

http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFAr ... 202479.PDF

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[richelieu]

Iniziate le consegne dei P-3C revisionati .....

L-3 delivers refurbished P-3C Orion back to US Navy .....

By: Dave Majumdar (Washington DC - 06 Nov. 2012)
Source: Flight International

L-3 has delivered its first refurbished Lockheed Martin P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft back to the US Navy under the sustainment, modification and installation programme (SMIP).

L-3 preforms SMIP work on all variants of the Orion airframe, 147 of which are still in service, for the USN, the company says. That includes P-3 outer wing refurbishment, P-3 outer wing installation, special structural inspection kits, phased maintenance inspections and modification/installation programs.

The company says it will only get better over time in refurbishing the ageing four-engined turboprop.

"We are committed to continuous improvement, and we know that accelerating the turnaround time in such a dramatic way reduces the cost of sustainment and increases the operational availability of the aircraft to the warfighter," says Nick Farah, executive vice president of L-3 Platform Systems.

L-3 was first awarded the SMIP contract in 201, the indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity programme is a follow-on to a similar contract awarded to L-3 in 2005.

[cabronte]

Gran bel "frullone", grazie per avercelo ricordato!

[richelieu]

1977 ..... Bill Sweetman, allora giovane giornalista da tre anni in forza a "Flight International", ci parla del Lockhhed CP-140 "Aurora" ..... il futuro P-3 canadese .....

http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFAr ... 202151.PDF

http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFAr ... 202152.PDF

http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFAr ... 202153.PDF

http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFAr ... 202154.PDF

http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFAr ... 202155.PDF

[richelieu]

Nel 2000 ce li avevano offerti .....

Raytheon offers renovated P-3s for Italian/German requirement .....

Raytheon is offering refurbished and re-engined Lockheed Martin P-3 Orions to Germany and Italy to meet a joint maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) requirement.

Fonte ..... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articl ... ent-66619/

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[MatteF88]

Nel 2000 ce li avevano offerti .....

..non se ne fece niente..e ora invece useremo gli ATR MPA come soluzione ad-interim...almeno finché non ci saranno denari sufficienti per un vero sostituto..


Non mi pare sia stato riportato tra la massa di link nei post precedenti: http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/graha ... aga-1.html ..se sí, mi scuso del doppione

[richelieu]

Nel 2000 ce li avevano offerti .....

.. non se ne fece niente .. e ora invece useremo gli ATR MPA come soluzione ad-interim ... almeno finché non ci saranno denari sufficienti per un vero sostituto ..
Non mi pare sia stato riportato tra la massa di link nei post precedenti:
http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/graha ... aga-1.html
.. se sí, mi scuso del doppione

Nessun doppione ..... anzi ..... molto interessante ..... anche se datato .....

Degno di nota il fatto che ora Graham Warwick non lavora più per "Flight International" ..... bensì per la concorrenza .....

http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/graha ... ost-1.html

http://www.aviationweek.com/userprofile ... onaProfile