48 Hour Photo Comp - Maritime Patrol Aircraft

[SamP]

Maritime Patrol Aircraft; up to 3 of your best images and/or rarest catches. 48 hours on the clock, the older the airframe the better!

I'll kick things off with the new kid on the block

United States Navy P-8A Poseidon 168763/LD-763 by Sam Pilcher, on Flickr

[Draken]

Tricky one!

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[capercaillie]

at DSC_8599 (2) by Paul Downes, on Flickr

img850 by Paul Downes, on Flickr

img943 by Paul Downes, on Flickr

[jalfrezi]

Kawasaki P-1 - 02 by Nick Jennings, on Flickr

Breguet Br.1150 Atlantique 2 - 02 by Nick Jennings, on Flickr

ShinMaywa US-2 - 03 by Nick Jennings, on Flickr

[PeteFenwick]

Interesting subject matter-

Iwakuni Shin Meiwa US-1A by Peter Fenwick, on Flickr

Oshkosh Lockheed WP-3D Orion Hurricane Hunter by Peter Fenwick, on Flickr

Fairey Firefly AS.6 WD828 by Peter Fenwick, on Flickr

[Domvickery]

I do miss this old girl, I'll visit again one day!
Avro Shackleton WR963 16-01-16 009 by justdom1, on Flickr

Avro Shackleton WR963 16-01-16 147 by justdom1, on Flickr

RIAT 2015 Saturday 471 by justdom1, on Flickr

[shorsley]

GatwickAMNightshoot_10 by Sarah Horsley, on Flickr

BournemouthAirFest2019_36 by Sarah Horsley, on Flickr

CWJAug2016_37 by Sarah Horsley, on Flickr

[AndyXH558]

Old school Maritime patrol with the venerable Swordfish,
IMG_3518 by andrew abbott, on Flickr

alas this wasnt the future.
00349 by andrew abbott, on Flickr

Catalina was one of the best maritime patrol aircraft of WW2
IMG_3452 by andrew abbott, on Flickr

[Tuckat]

img438 by Phil Roberts, on Flickr

A1 by Phil Roberts, on Flickr

Scan3 by Phil Roberts, on Flickr

[Andyph]

IMG_5817 by Andy Heap, on Flickr

IMG_5838 by Andy Heap, on Flickr

357 by Andy Heap, on Flickr

[Blackbird]

1. Seen at the 1976 "Air Festival" as it was then known at Greenham Common.
Dutch Navy Lockheed SP-2H Neptune 201 by Andrew Shaw, on Flickr

2. Abingdon 1979 show
Avro Shackleton AEW2 WR960 by Andrew Shaw, on Flickr

3. Finally, rather more up to date, Oshkosh 2018,
Beech Super King Air 350 N218Q by Andrew Shaw, on Flickr

Andy

[AndyXH558]

Sometimes I wish it was more than 3

[Wrexham Mackem]

[Spiny Norman]

Another good comp theme. Very difficult to narrow down.

Pondered whether Trackers, or Alizes, were to be included, but reckoned they were attack aircraft. So, long-duration patrol aircraft it was.

Atlantic arriving at Leuchars in 2009.



Low-level Norwegian Orion displaying at East Fortune, 2015



Nimrod display, from 1984.

[Ian G]

German Navy P-3 Orion by Ian Garfield, on Flickr


Avro Shackleton AEW2 WR963 by Ian Garfield, on Flickr

[buccs2b]

Hardly spoilt for choice on this one

Departing Leuchars, September 1995
95_Nimrod_Leuchars by Tony Adams, on Flickr

Gatwick Aviation Museum, October 2020
_MG_9351 by Tony Adams, on Flickr

Gatwick Aviation Museum, March 2020
Star struck Shack by Tony Adams, on Flickr

[PeteM]

[PeterR]

Nice theme Sam, lots of unusual types posted which is great to see!

Starting with an unusual MPA, the Vulcanair P-68 Observer. Seven of these aircraft are used by the Chilean Navy to patrol the country's coastline, support search-and-rescue operations and also for light transport duties. It is seen here as part of a SAR role-demonstration performed at FIDAE 2018, dropping a lift-raft.

323 / Chilean Navy / Vulcanair P-68 Observer by Peter Reoch, on Flickr

Secondly, a spirited demonstration from a P-8A Poseidon at the Dubai Airshow in 2013 allowed me to capture this topside angle. Would like a similar shot of the new British machines some day...


Finally, going back in time to the mighty Avro Shackleton. Although this example at Long Marsden airfield shot in 2015 looking very sorry for itself.

GHOST FLIGHT by Peter Reoch, on Flickr

[capercaillie]

We're doing well, we've got a variety of types including an air early warning aircraft, two search and rescue types, a couple of torpedo bombers, a weather surveillance one and an intelligence gathering machine, lets hope nobody notices.

[Blackbird]

[Seamus]

Great theme

Leonardo P-72A | MM62298/41-03 | Italian Air Force | RNAS Yeovilton | 14/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

Kawasaki P-1 5504 Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force RAF Fairford 20/07/15 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

Lockheed CP-140 Aurora | 140117 | Royal Canadian Air Force | RNAS Yeovilton | 14/07/19 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr

[SuffolkBlue]

Short Sandringham III - Fantasy of Flight, Polk City, Florida, Tuesday 15th March 2005 by Chris Day, on Flickr

The sole surviving Martin P5M Marlin

Martin P5M-2 (SP-5B) Marlin - National Museum of Naval Aviation - NAS Pensacola by Chris Day, on Flickr


Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force Kawasaki P-1 - RIAT 2015, Sunday 19th July 2015 by Chris Day, on Flickr

[Col. Chibani]

Was also tempted to go for Alizé or TBM Avenger.

So let's stick to patrol aircraft:

Boeing MSA @RIAT 2015:
DSC_9791 by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

Catalina @Ferté 2014:
DSC_3729 by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

M28 Bryza (Polish Navy) @ RIAT 2013:
DSC_0447 by Colonel CHIBANI, sur Flickr

[Draken]

Col. Chibani - just a small note - PZL-10S is an engine powering M28 Bryza

[Col. Chibani]

Col. Chibani - just a small note - PZL-10S is an engine powering M28 Bryza

Sorry for that - corrected !
PZL is an aircraft maker name for me, I was mislead by the engine label.