Royal New Zealand Air Force Lockheed P-3K Orion.
Registration: NZ4202.
A Lockheed P-3K orion of the New Zealand Air Force landed after completing a flight demonstration during the International Air Tattoo at Ohakea Air Force Base on 24 February 2017.
The Lockheed P-3 Orion is a four-engine turboprop patrol aircraft developed from the civilian Lockheed L-188 Electra. The line started in the 1940s with the P-1 Harpoon, followed in the 1950s by the Lockheed P-2 Neptune and finally, from the 1960s, the P-3 Orion.
Like the Lockheed C-130 Hercules, the Orion was also bought by many countries. The Royal Navy also flew the Orion.
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