Lossie P-8s Jan 17

Post by **maltwoser** » Sun 08 Jan 2017, 5:40 pm

The New Year at Lossie has kicked off with the now regular appearance of the USN P-8s.

1. 168855 was first to arrive on the 3rd:

168858 dropped in for a short visit on the 7th in much better weather:

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After a failed humpback whale spotting trip to Burghead today I noticed 858 was getting ready for a sortie as the light was fading.

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Post by **Unknown74** » Sun 08 Jan 2017, 5:45 pm

A taste of things to come? Is this familiarisation training or something?

Post by **Wes_Howes** » Mon 09 Jan 2017, 11:06 am

I really like shots 5 & 6, well done :smile:

Post by **maltwoser** » Mon 09 Jan 2017, 6:16 pm

Cheers Wes.

Unknown - no idea why they're here.

Post by **Spiny Norman** » Tue 10 Jan 2017, 10:27 pm

Very nice. Number 6 is excellent.

Post by **foxfour** » Wed 11 Jan 2017, 5:33 pm

Unknown74 wrote:A taste of things to come? Is this familiarisation training or something?

More like filling a huge capability gap until we get our own.

Post by **maltwoser** » Wed 11 Jan 2017, 8:01 pm

Cheers Norman.