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Boeing P-8A Poseidon performs first flight
Washington, USA - The new US Navy multi-mission platform
Boeing P-8A Poseidon successfully performed its first flight on Saturday: it took off from Renton Field and landed in Seattle about three and a half hours later. The aircraft is a modified B-737, enhanced with the fuselage of 737/800 and the wings of a 737/900. The US Navy planned to buy 108 of these aircraft the first of which is scheduled for delivery within 2009. Initial operational capability...
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1103569
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency