Paul and I headed to Whidbey Island on the hunt. We would be happy to shoot a variety of stuff but P-3s were the goal. Whidbey still has them but they are disappearing fast so get what we can. As it turned out, we got a ton of P-3 action but it was all with the same plane. It flew a bunch of circuits after returning from a training sortie and then finally landed. However, it wasn’t done. A crew change and they were back up. That plane got some use that day. We could hear another engine running but it obviously wasn’t going flying. Here are lots of shots of one specific P-3 instead!
- A US Navy Lockheed Martin P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft overflies Ault Field, NAS Whidbey Island WA.
- A US Navy Lockheed Martin P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft turns on to final approach at Ault Field, NAS Whidbey Island WA.
- A US Navy Lockheed Martin P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft overflies Ault Field, NAS Whidbey Island WA.
- A US Navy Lockheed Martin P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft overflies Ault Field, NAS Whidbey Island WA.