Poseidon has landed...

Late & Tired · Feb 5, 2020

Good luck!
Difficult act to follow.

vim_fuego · Feb 5, 2020

Ironically after much mis-spent taxpayers money over the years, it landed at Nimrod Barracks (nee RAF Kinloss) where it will operate out of until around October 20. Kinloss underwent circa £10m of upgrades to its runways, dispersal's and the simulator in prep for the MRa4 then it was cancelled and it has sat there ever since, unused. It will hop over to Lossie in Oct once its runway upgrades are complete.

Rigga · Feb 6, 2020

I have changed aircraft before that were to perform similar, if not the same roles almost immediately - being swapped overnight and to continue the task the very next day....
Mega-unhappy crews!
“It doesnt do this! It doesnt do that! Whatever happened to...!”
The big thing about changing aircraft types is that.....you’ve just changed aircraft types - and they aren’t the same!
So what? A P8 isn’t an MR4. Get used to it - the baked bean tins are not going to be remade into an old relic..
I just hope that the RAF Hierarchy will learn to take care of this asset and ditch their history of mismanagement.

First of RAF's new 'Russian submarine hunters' arrives in Scotland

Late & Tired

Flight Sergeant

vim_fuego

Hung Like a Baboon.

Rigga

Licensed Aircraft Engineer