Orion P3 Model Airplane: A Beautiful Addition to Your Collection

Warplanes brings and introduces you a finely handcrafted Lockheed P3 Orion Model Airplane made of the finest grade materials which underwent stages of meticulous and careful sanding, carving and modeling to its original form. Our highly skilled master craftsmen painstakingly and passionately worked on the P 3 Orion Model Plane's details, ensuring exactness and precision based on the original airplane.

The Orion P3 Model Airplane paint scheme and markings are extremely accurate and precise, depicting the true original Lockheed P3-C Orion airplane. Like all other airplane models, the P3 Orion replica comes complete with fuselage, wings and other intricate parts. It also comes with a sturdy, durable base with a chrome steel support mounting rod or you can have our variable pitch wall mount accessory, allowing your P3 Orion Model Airplane to be displayed either hanging on the wall or the ceiling for an added effect. This top-quality P 3 Orion Model Plane will surely mesmerize anyone who receives this elegant desktop display as a gift.

MODEL History:

The P-3 Orion is an American aircraft used for maritime patrol, reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare manufactured by Lockheed.

The P-3 Orion was originally designated as P3V based on the Lockheed L-188 Electra and served as replacement for the postwar era P-2 Neptune. The first production version of the P-3 was designated as P-3V-1 and its maiden flight was on April 15, 1961. Many variants of the P-3 Orion was developed.

The Orion has four turboprops, giving it a speed comparable to fast propeller powered fighters and slow turbofan jets such as the A-10. The P-3 was also designed to compete with the British Nimrod. It has an internal bomb bay under the front fuselage and underwing stations, carrying missiles such as the AGM-84 Harpoon, having a long stinger in the tail which houses the magnetic anomaly detector (MAD) and convex windows for observation.

The primary users and operators of the P-3 Orion are the United States Navy, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, Royal Australian Air Force and the Republic of Korea Navy. Civilian agencies also operates a number of P-3s and have been N-registered.