Lockheed NP-3A Orion, 148883 / 185-5001, US Navy
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Registration: 148883
Construction Number: 185-5001
Military Unit: Naval Air Development Center
Model Lockheed NP-3A Orion
Operator: US Navy
Airport: RAF St Mawgan / Newquay (NQY / EGDG), UK - England
Photographer: Chris England
Date Taken: 13/08/1980
Date Submitted: 28/03/2011
Visiting St Mawgan with RP-3A 149667 (El Coyote), P3Cs 157318 and 158918, and NP-3C 160291. This Orion is the first of seven pre-production P3V-1s, the designation being changed to P3A in 1962. It is now on display (in its later form as an NP-3D) inside NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, USA.
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