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Originally Posted by croweater
Nice Col. Regards to P3 Orion, About 40yrs ago I was a deckhand on a crayfishing boat working out of Robe S.A. We were about 20 miles off the coast pulling a craypot when there was a massive roar and I literally threw myself on the deck thinking our motor was going to explode or something. It was a P3 Orion that flew over the top of us not much higher than our radar mast. Scared the absolute crap out of us.
Cheers, Richard.
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Hi Richard,
I'm hearing ya !. I flew on one of these (Lockheed Electra) in the late 1960's from Sydney to Canberra. Pretty sure it's still the loudest aircraft I have ever been on. I remember at take off I thought something was going to explode ! I can only imagine what it was like flying over at a couple of hundred feet. Although I have been under a few low flying Hercules and they are also pretty loud, having the same, or very similar engines to the P3.
Cheers,
John B