The Boeing P-8A has been offcially named

[jcf]

From Boeing NewsNow:
U.S. Navy's newest maritime aircraft dubbed 'P-8A Poseidon'
P-8A program management was notified last week by the U.S. Air Force that what was once known as the Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft, or MMA, will now be known only as the P-8A Poseidon. Although the P-8A is a Navy aircraft, the Department of Defense executive agency responsible for designating and naming all aerospace vehicles is the U.S. Air Force.


Cheers, Jon

[B777LR]

Isnt this news a few weeks old?    

Or did i have a dream?

[proditor]

Although the P-8A is a Navy aircraft, the Department of Defense executive agency responsible for designating and naming all aerospace vehicles is the U.S. Air Force.

This sentence alone should say something good about the Air Force honestly.  I'm kind of surprised the Navy didn't end up with the "P-8A Squids Suck".    

[jcf]

Isnt this news a few weeks old?    

Or did i have a dream?

The P-8A designation was announced months ago, but the "popular name" announcement is new.

[Spey_Phantom]

U.S. Navy's newest maritime aircraft dubbed 'P-8A Poseidon'

Poseidon, wasnt that the name i gave to the maratime patrol aircraft in my syldavia story in the Alternate History thread  

looks like someone from boeing is lurking on these boards  


EDIT: here's a pic, the aircraft in the top corner, the posseidon MR.1




topic:
http://www.whatifmodelers.com/forum//index...382&hl=syldavia

[lancer]

Poseidon, wasnt that the name i gave to the maratime patrol aircraft in my syldavia story in the Alternate History thread 

Perhaps the dean heads of the DoD have been surfing here for ideas??

[anthonyp]

Perhaps the dean heads of the DoD have been surfing here for ideas??

I fear for the aviation community, then.  Tophe's stuff would drive them insane just by looking at it    

[dragon]

So a barely survivable flight in a P-8 could be called "The Poseidon Adventure"?  

[Ian the Kiwi Herder]

So a barely survivable flight in a P-8 could be called "The Poseidon Adventure"?

There are, as yet undiscovered tribes deep in the heart of the New Guinea rainforest, who knew that somebody here would come-up with that......*


Ian
* Paraphrased from Blackadder - © BBC TV

[Archibald]

So a barely survivable flight in a P-8 could be called "The Poseidon Adventure"?

I have thought about that, too...there was remake of this film recently no ?          

[Jennings]

there was remake of this film recently no ?       

Yes, and it was available on DVD within minutes of its release in theatres here.  I think the less said about it, the better.  Hard to imagine a remake being worse than the original 1973 version, but apparently it was.  If it didn't have Shelly Winters in it, it would almost *have* to be better...

I'd have voted for "Neptune II", but since the original Neppie was a Lock-Mart product, I can't see Boeing going for that one very enthusiastically.  

J

[Ollie]

So J., you're of the school of thought that thinks that we're not smart enough to find new names and we have to re-use the old ones?

     

[Archibald]

there was remake of this film recently no ?       

Yes, and it was available on DVD within minutes of its release in theatres here.  I think the less said about it, the better.  Hard to imagine a remake being worse than the original 1973 version, but apparently it was.  If it didn't have Shelly Winters in it, it would almost *have* to be better...

I'd have voted for "Neptune II", but since the original Neppie was a Lock-Mart product, I can't see Boeing going for that one very enthusiastically.  

J

Remember seeing the original in a boring Sunday afternoon... this didn't make the afternoon more interesting   !!!!!

[Jennings]

So J., you're of the school of thought that thinks that we're not smart enough to find new names and we have to re-use the old ones?

   

I draw the line at II.  I think calling the C-17 the Globemaster III is just dumb.  Of course, I think the C-17 is dumb to start with...

[Ollie]

I'm not convinced.