First P-3C fly today after recoverd from mehran base attack damage

[mirage 5000]

second one is ready in last stage soon second P-3C will be operational .

 

[VelocuR]

How ? Since it was all damaged. You see pictures above.

Pakistan plan to replace them for new ones.

 

[mirage 5000]

How ? Since it was all damaged. You see pictures above.

Pakistan plan to replace them for new ones.

the pic is file image of fifth P-3C which was damage beyond the repair

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Just how many P3C are now active , and ones in waiting line (to be recieved from US ) how would the current sanctions effect the progress of new P3C

 

[Aamir Hussain]

This basically means that there were other P3C's there at the time of the attack and were also damaged by bullets /sharpnel etc. and have now been repaired and are being sent back into operations.

As per my info. the only thing that was slavaged out of the two wrecks were the two left hand engines of the 2nd plane shown in th picture. otherwise both the a/c were a total write-off's.

 

[Xracer2]

do china have maritime surveillance aircraft like P-3 Orion please tell me and i am sure Chinese brothers have so why don,t we go for that

 

[mirage 5000]

do china have maritime surveillance aircraft like P-3 Orion please tell me and i am sure Chinese brothers have so why don,t we go for that

Yun-8X Maritime Patrol Aircraft
Y-8X MPA

The Y-8 maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) is the land-based maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare aircraft based on the Shaanxi Aircraft Industry Corporation Y-8 turboprop transport. A small number of the aircraft has been operational in the PLA Naval Aviation Corps since the mid-1980s. This was the first special purpose variant of the Y-8 military transport aircraft being developed.

In 1983, Shaanxi Aircraft Company (now Shaanxi Aircraft Industry Corporation) was requested to develop a special purpose aircraft on the basis of its Y-8 turboprop transport aircraft (Chinese licensed copy of the Soviet/Russian An-12 Cub) that can perform long-range maritime patrol, reconnaissance, and search and rescue (SAR) missions. The development task was officially assigned to Shaanxi in October 1983, with the target set to deliver the first plane to the PLANAF in 1984. The design proposal by Shaanxi was approved in November 1983.

The Y-8MPA is based on the airframe of the basic variant Y-8 transport aircraft, but fitted with upgraded avionics and various mission equipment for long-range maritime flight. The aircraft is equipped with search radar, omega navigation system, self-defence electronic countermeasures (ECM) suite, optical/infrared cameras, sonobuoys, and sonar receiver. The rear cargo door was removed and replaced by a large mission equipment window for sonobuoys racks and cameras. The rear turret was also removed and replaced by the sonar operator seat.

Shaanxi achieved to finish the development in less than a year, issuing 11,000 pages of blue prints and conducting over 20 tests. The first Y-8MPA was delivered to the PLA Navy in late 1984, and the aircraft received national design certificate in 1985. A Y-8MPA plane conducted five reconnaissance missions to the Xisha (Paracel), Zhongsha, and Nansha (Spratly) Islands in the South China Sea between March and June 1986, covering a total journey of 17,000km. The aircraft obtained a large amount of aerial photos of these islands, which were regarded as highly valuable to support the PLA’s operation in the region later.

Since the late 1990s, Y-8MPA aircraft of the PLA Naval Aviation Corps have been frequently spotted operating in the East China Sea region, chasing foreign warships and flying near foreign airspace. Some of these planes are believed to be fitted with special mission equipment for electronic and signal intelligence (ELINT/SIGINT) missions. Both South Korea Air Force and Japan Air Self-Defence Force have sent fighter jets to intercept these Y-8MPA planes in the past to stop them flying too close to their airspace.

Mission Equipment

The Y-8MPA has been extensively upgraded with improved avionics and mission equipment. The aircraft is equipped with Litton (now part of Northrop Grumman) APSO-504(V)3 surface search radar accommodated in the under-chin radome. The aircraft is also upgraded with improved radio, inertial navigation system (INS), Omega global navigation system.

Mission equipments include: infrared submarine detecting set, medium-/high-altitude optical camera, low-altitude optical camera, infrared camera, sonobuoys, sonar receiver, UHF radio marker beacon receiver, and five-man/single-man life boats. The aircraft has been added with an additional seat for the radar operator, and the original tail cannon turret on the Y-8 was removed and replaced by the sonar operator cabin.

Additionally the aircraft is also fitted with self-defence electronic countermeasures (ECM) suite consisting of all-aspect radar warning receiver (RWR) and chaff/flare dispenser.

Specifications

Flight crew: 5
Mission crew: 2~4
Wingspan: 38.0m
Length: 34.02m
Height: 11.6m
Empty weight: 35,488kg
Normal take-off weight: 54,000kg
Maximum take-off weight: 61,000kg
Cruising speed: 550km/h
Maximum speed: 662km/h
Service ceiling: 10,400m
Max climb rate: 10m/s (sea level)
Range: Ferry range 5,620km
Flight endurance: 10.5 hours
Runway: Take-off 1,270m; landing 1,050m

 

[Juice]

Lol, that bird is ugly, yet strangely beautiful!

 

[acetophenol]

another maritime aircraft from japan

Kawasaki P-1

 

[mirage 5000]

Lol, that bird is ugly, yet strangely beautiful!

bird is not going on FTV dude there is no beauty in arms they are for kill and no matter whom they look like they have to be job done .

 

[Xracer2]

SO why don,t we go for Y-8X Maritime Patrol Aircraft
can any one give difference b/w p3 and Y-8X and price tooo plzzzz

 

[acetophenol]

SO why don,t we go for Y-8X Maritime Patrol Aircraft
can any one give difference b/w p3 and Y-8X and price tooo plzzzz

wiki says that paf is already a operator.

 

[Xracer2]

wiki says that paf is already a operator.

yar plzz give me link

 

[acetophenol]

yar plzz give me link

Shaanxi Y-8 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Xracer2]

i think your talking about ZDK-03 right bro

wiki says that paf is already a operator.