NOAA Orion at Shannon

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Anhedral
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NOAA Orion at Shannon

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) deployed one of their P-3's to Shannon in early January for a few weeks investigating Atlantic storms. N42RF is a WP-3D Orion that recently returned to service after 19 months of maintenance and upgrades including a new colour scheme. Although only flying a few times a week I was lucky to catch some movement today.

All the best
Paul Nelhams Flikr https://www.flickr.com/photos/58611670@N04/


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N42RF WP-3D NOAA by Paul Nelhams, on Flickr

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N42RF WP-3D NOAA by Paul Nelhams, on Flickr

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N42RF WP-3D NOAA by Paul Nelhams, on Flickr

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N42RF WP-3D NOAA by Paul Nelhams, on Flickr

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N42RF WP-3D NOAA by Paul Nelhams, on Flickr

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N42RF WP-3D NOAA by Paul Nelhams, on Flickr

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What a beautiful machine! :worship:

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Absolute beauty! Great stuff. :worship:
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What a stunner!
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Great photos, and what an absolute stunner. I think I'm in love. :love: :love: :love:

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That's lovely...

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What a great machine.

Thanks for sharing those.

I never expected to see that aircraft this side of the pond!

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What a lovely machine,well done to catch such a rare aircraft this side of the pond.

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Lovely set, Paul.

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Stunning looking aircraft, lovely photos as well!
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A big WOW stunning pics.

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Caught this many years ago with a Gulfie operating as well. Nice new shiney scheme too boot. Did not even know it was operating from Shannon. Bit out of touch these days.

Great shots as well. Do you know if she there for much longer?
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That is lovely & a very rare, would have loved to have catched that

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Superb ....thanks for posting :clap:

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Many thanks for all the kind responses, glad you like the pics.

The aircraft arrived on the 20th January for a rumoured 3 to 4 weeks and is still present as of today (7th Feb) although may not be around for much longer. It has been flying about every 2-3 days a week at unpredictable times of day and spends the rest of the time parked in the middle of the airfield where a very long lense is required!

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Cheers Paul.

Might take the trip from Cork this Saturday, It would be my 1st trip to Shannon since 3 years ago, It used to be every week in days gone by :/
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