Sun, 11 July 2021 |
Royal Norwegian Air Force's First P-8A Poseidon
Rolls Out of Paint Shop
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Norway's first P-8A Poseidon aircraft rolled out of
the paint shop in Renton in Royal Norwegian Air Force livery, on
Friday.
Norway is one of eight nations to have ordered the
P-8A as their new multimission maritime patrol aircraft.
The Royal Norwegian Air Force (Luftforsvaret in
Norwegian) has named its five
P-8A Poseidon aircraft: Vingtor, Viking, Ulabrand, Hugin and Munin.
The names are inspired by Norse mythology and
continue a tradition of almost 80 years that started when the
names Vingtor, Viking and Ulabrand were used on Norway’s PBY-5
Catalina maritime patrol aircraft in 1942.
Since then, other maritime patrol aircraft
operated by the Royal Norwegian Air Force have carried those
names, including its current P-3 fleet, which will be replaced by
the P-8.
Norway's first P-8A aircraft – Vingtor – has
returned to the factory floor to be prepared for flight testing
with the maiden flight scheduled for later this month. Mission
systems will be installed on the aircraft after that.
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