tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3356602344547709264.post3890611299338760501..comments2024-02-19T16:15:03.733-08:00Comments on View from the control tower: Seen 3!CaptainVectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16340951040263403005noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3356602344547709264.post-31867941358867963962011-08-23T22:44:32.298-07:002011-08-23T22:44:32.298-07:00That post about the KLM plane is cool! It's pr...That post about the KLM plane is cool! It's pretty interesting that a (sort of) piece of history plane is still flying about the skies, much cooler that he is flying long-haul to LAX! I hope that plane flies for a while longer and encounters no more volcanoes!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3356602344547709264.post-67457548870013144242010-06-14T07:51:42.870-07:002010-06-14T07:51:42.870-07:00The P-3 Orion was built by Lockheed, and is based ...The P-3 Orion was built by Lockheed, and is based on their Electra turboprop airliner. The US Navy used them extensively for anti-submarine and marine surveillance missions. The so-called "weather planes" in Bermuda were P-3's. The US aircraft that made an emergency landing on Hainan Island in China after a mid-air collision with a Chinese jet fighter in 2001 was also a P-3.CaptainVectorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16340951040263403005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3356602344547709264.post-23196437893215762202010-06-03T11:07:52.789-07:002010-06-03T11:07:52.789-07:00Does the P-3 have some other name?Does the P-3 have some other name?porkpalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02471931080435744264noreply@blogger.com