{"id":5885,"date":"2018-01-21T08:45:44","date_gmt":"2018-01-21T13:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=5885"},"modified":"2018-01-21T08:46:29","modified_gmt":"2018-01-21T13:46:29","slug":"why-any-submarines-in-bismarck-mandan-were-nervous-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=5885","title":{"rendered":"Why any submarines in Bismarck-Mandan were nervous Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I walked out of a lunch appointment on Friday and immediately noticed a jet on a very unusual trajectory over Bismarck, far out of position compared to the track usually taken on approach to Runway 13.\u00a0 It was a short leg, and they were still banking south of Main Avenue.\u00a0 Even better, it was a touch-and-go.\u00a0 Well, being the curious type, I had to see what was up.\u00a0 That’s when I snapped this shot and realized it was a Navy plane, not some wayward bus driver or something.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Just doing laps, as you can see.\u00a0 A few down the Runway 13 way, followed by a few down Runway 31.\u00a0 Cruising Main, almost.\u00a0 My flight app did give an ADS-B entry for this aircraft, but being a military plane that was all I got.\u00a0 The desktop app, however, was blank. No worries, it doesn’t take long with “the Google” to narrow down that this is a P-8A Poseidon.\u00a0 There’s a good chance it’s from Whidbey Island, home to those F-18s which stopped in for A&B Pizza about this time last year.<\/a> AirSOC has an article about the P-8A at Whidbey Island, which you can read here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>This is a particularly cool aircraft (Wikipedia<\/a>), even though it isn’t as exciting as a fighter jet. It’s a sub-hunter, and apparently a pretty modern one.\u00a0 Just like those F-18s last year, which are actually two-seater Super Hornets loaded with all kinds of electronic warfare equipment, this plane is chock full o’ goodies.\u00a0 First off, look at all the antennae on the top.\u00a0 The 737-800 this is based on doesn’t have those.\u00a0 It’s also capable of deploying anti-submarine weapons once it detects ’em.\u00a0 Sweet.\u00a0 Want to know more about some of the toys?\u00a0 Click on this link.<\/a><\/p>\n

A few more laps, and they were out of here.\u00a0 I listened to a little bit of the CTAF banter on my handheld transceiver, then went on with my day.\u00a0 I had put in a long week, and it was time to knock off early and play photographer for a while.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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