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Description
| Notes: Asw patrol aircraft. Military version of lockheed "electra." also staff transport version (10 CREW) . | |||
| Manufacturer: | Lockheed |
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| Base model: | P-3 | ||
| Designation: | P-3 | ||
| Version: | A | ||
| Nickname: | Orion | ||
| Equivalent to: | P3V-1 P3V1P3V-1 | ||
| Designation System: | U.S. Tri-Service | ||
| Designation Period: | 1962-Present | ||
| Basic role: | Patrol | ||
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Specifications
| Length: | 116' 10" | 35.6 m | |
| Height: | 33' 8" | 10.2 m | |
| Wingspan: | 99' 8" | 30.3 m | |
| Wingarea: | 1,300.0 sq ft | 120.7 sq m | |
| Empty Weight: | 61,491 lb | 27,887 kg | |
| Gross Weight: | 135,000 lb | 61,224 kg | |
| Max Weight: | 142,000 lb | 64,399 kg | |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 4 | ||
| Powerplant: | Allison T56-A-10W | ||
| Horsepower (each): | 4500 | ||
Performance
| Range: | 4,765 miles | 7,673 km | |
| Cruise Speed: | 378 mph | 608 km/h | 328 kt |
| Max Speed: | 460 mph | 740 km/h | 400 kt |
| Climb: | 1,950 ft/min | 594 m/min | |
| Ceiling: | 28,300 ft | 8,625 m | |
Known serial numbers
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| NAS Brusnwick | Brunswick | Maine |
| NAS Jacksonville | Jacksonville | Florida |
| National Museum of Naval Aviation | NAS Pensacola | Florida |
P-3A on display
National Museum of Naval Aviation |
Recent comments by our visitors
| Herb lund saint paul, MN | 152152 was first used with VP-46 and assigned to crew 7. I was in crew 7 and remember the day it arrived brand new.
The plastic on the seats kind of new. We were all so excited, along with the other eight flight crews which also got new planes. We all loved our own planes, but after a while we began to use any plane available, although RC-7 always remained "our" airplane. I must someday go to see her there in such an honored place. It would be nice to see it as RC-7 again, as it was when it was brand spankin' new! 10/16/2014 @ 13:56 [ref: 68699] |
| Jim Price Kilmarnock, VA | I can't say how much it would take to fill this thing up, but it has a range of 2,380 mi and an endurance of approx. 16 hrs 07/26/2013 @ 06:32 [ref: 67970] |
| K Shreves Oak Harbor, WA | What was the P-3As fuel load? 08/21/2012 @ 22:16 [ref: 66159] |
| nelson salinas vina del mar, OTH | lo mejor en aeronaves ninguna otra de exploracion la a superado en sus capacidades 04/10/2012 @ 23:16 [ref: 55566] |
| Fred Harmon New Bethlehem, PA | Buno Number 152152, the P3A static display at the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola has a Totem emblem on it's tail and the call sign PJ (Papa Juliet) 01. This P3 came from VP-69 NAS Whidbey Island Wa. 03/10/2012 @ 13:47 [ref: 54208] |
| Fred Harmon New Bethlehem, PA | Buno Number 152152, the P3A static display at the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola has a Totem emblem on it's tail and the call sign PJ (Papa Juliet) 01. This P3 came from VP-69 NAS Whidbey Island Wa. 03/10/2012 @ 13:46 [ref: 54207] |
| Benno Heissig Lippstadt NRW, OTH | Am I the only one annoyed that all these lovely pictutes show LOCKHEED P-3's ona CURTISS page? 01/03/2010 @ 01:56 [ref: 25512] |
| Barb Grubb Renton, WA | My brother, Robert Alan Grubb, was Flight Engineer for VP4 Crew 10 - they were on deployment from Barbers Point HI in 1967.
On April 28, 1967, they went down in the Sea of Japan. No survivors. To this day, no one seems to know 'why' this horrible event happened. I believe that someone does know. If there is anyone out there that might have information regarding the crash, please email me. I miss him every day. 11/17/2009 @ 10:37 [ref: 25300] |
| manuel Seville, YT | The picture taken of Spanish Air Force P3A in Djibouti, near Somalia in 2008 is about the same aircraft taken in Lajes in 1983 buno 152153 07/05/2009 @ 09:01 [ref: 24281] |
| manuel Seville, YT | The picture of the spanish P3 in Djibouti on 2008 is about the same aircraft taken in Lajes on 1983, see note below picture and she still flies 07/05/2009 @ 08:56 [ref: 24280] |
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