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First flight of the P-8A Poseidon and all things related to transition

PropAddict

Now with even more awesome!
pilot
Contributor
I don't want to be the guy calling someone else's baby ugly, but, uh, it's an airliner.

You're not looking at this like a P-3 NoP.

Our electrical system is going from this:
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To this:
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Errr. . .maybe this will help:

We're going from this:
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To this:
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scoolbubba

Brett327 gargles ballsacks
pilot
Contributor
So the overall weight of it hasn't gone down, but we've got it split into two's now? great. can't wait for systems class...
 

A4sForever

BTDT OLD GUY
pilot
Contributor
The 737 is a piece of cake to fly ... and the systems are easy.

At the very least ... you boys will get a -37 type rating and be ahead of the curve if/when airline hiring improves ... :)
 

xj220

Will fly for food.
pilot
Contributor
I don't want to be the guy calling someone else's baby ugly, but, uh, it's an airliner. Do you get aroused flying Southwest? :icon_wink

At least it's a 1960s airliner and not a 1950s airliner, though.

This coming from the phrog guy...:p
 

phrogdriver

More humble than you would understand
pilot
Super Moderator
This coming from the phrog guy...:p

Former phrog guy. Watch out for that transition to a new cockpit. As someone said once about going to a glass cockpit,"Now I know what a dog feels like watching TV."
 

bunk22

Super *********
pilot
Super Moderator
I don't want to be the guy calling someone else's baby ugly, but, uh, it's an airliner. Do you get aroused flying Southwest? :icon_wink

Shoot I would if I made what my old Skipper made as a SW Captain in 09.
 

Praying4OCS

Helo Bubba to Information Warrior
pilot
Contributor
......with periodic squadron detachment operations at NAS North Island.

Pardon the lack of knowledge, but what exactly does this mean? Can one actually get stationed in San Diego and fly the P-8?
 

HeyJoe

Fly Navy! ...or USMC
None
Super Moderator
Contributor
Pardon the lack of knowledge, but what exactly does this mean? Can one actually get stationed in San Diego and fly the P-8?

If it was a permanent Det, then answer would be yes, but a periodic Det implies temporary operations so it would be a TAD assignment in that case from one of the other Homebases. As stated in FEIS:

P-8A FEIS said:
Under all alternatives, the proposed siting of only periodic squadron detachments would not result in any permanently stationed personnel.

There are all sorts of "Dets". Sometimes, an entire unit "goes on Det" (like to NAS Fallon during workups). Sometimes, a smaller component of a unit is formed as a "Detachment" with a designated Det OinC (with some CO-like authority in writing) while parent command remains at homeplate. Some units do/did have Dets that are semi-permanent like VF-101 Det Key West (personnel were assigned to Key West for entire tours) or VFC-13 Det Key West (that later actually became an independent unit as VFC-111), but this is likely a rotational assignment based on need. P-3 squadrons rotated in and out of Sigonella principally (and other locations) during Cold War on a rotational basis.
 

MasterBates

Well-Known Member
VRC-30 has a permanent det in Japan that you get orders to (and moved to Japan) while the parent command is at NAS North Island.
 

Flugelman

Well-Known Member
Contributor
VRC-30 has a permanent det in Japan that you get orders to (and moved to Japan) while the parent command is at NAS North Island.
My first Navy squadron was that way. VR-7 Det A in Tachikawa, Japan with mother squadron VR-7 at NAS Moffett, CA. We flew 4 AF C-121C's while mom had C-130's.
 
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