Confused Orions

[swingy]

Was at Chico CA at the weekend and caught this rather confused P3 with various markings on it.



Its sister ships were stuck in a hanger





Originally I was guessing the end result of all the work going on was going to be something like the next pic however upon some research that is not the case. These are pukka Brazilian P3's going through depot maintenance with Areo Union in Northern California . There may be a 4th in the furthest hanger but I am getting too old to get out my a/c cooled car and to go looking through hanger doors when the temperature is well north of 100F .



Cheers Swingy

[Macc]

They're FAB..
Lovely catches though!

Chris.

[rogierottens]

I catched this 7208 earlier this year in a compound next to Davis-Monthan, somewhere on East Nebraska road. It is visible on google earth.
It still wears AMARG code 2P039.

[Davef68]

So are these 'new' P-3s for the FAB out of Davis then?

[Warthog71]

So are these 'new' P-3s for the FAB out of Davis then?

Yep they are, will go to Santa Cruz to replace the P-95.


Grtz,

Marcel

[Matthew Clements]

Very Nice! Like Roggie, I got a couple in one of the Yards in AZ in October08:

152168 P-3AM (FMS Brazil FAB7209/Ex AMARG AN2P0034) - ARM (Ex Dross Metals Intl - DMI) , E.Nebraska Rd – AZ
152173 P-3AM (FMS Brazil FAB7206/Ex AMARG AN2P0038) - ARM (Ex Dross Metals Intl - DMI) , E.Nebraska Rd – AZ

[leader12]

very nice shots, what date were they taken?

simon

[swingy]

very nice shots, what date were they taken?

simon

The ones at Chico were on Saturday 25th September 2010.