General Aviation
Lockheed Wp-3d
Manufacturer: LOCKHEED
The Lockheed WP-3D Orion is a P-3 Orion derivative built for the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NOAA operates two aircraft—nicknamed Kermit and Miss Piggy—as airborne laboratories for hurricane reconnaissance and atmospheric and oceanographic research.
Aircraft Facts
- Type Key
- lockheed-wp-3d
- Class
- General Aviation
- Registry Count
- 2
- Example Registration
- N42RF
Specifications
- Wingspan
- 30.38 m / 99 ft
- Length
- 35.61 m / 116 ft
- Height
- 10.44 m / 34 ft
- Cruise Speed
- 460 km/h / 290 mph
- Range
- 7000 km / 3800 nmi
- Ceiling
- 8200 m / 27000 ft
- First Flight
- 1975
- Total Built
- 2
Variants
- WP-3D- 2 registrations - Example N42RF
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Machine-Readable Resources
Sources
- https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=42RF
- https://www.faa.gov/licenses_certificates/aircraft_certification/aircraft_registry/releasable_aircraft_download
- https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=43RF
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_WP-3D_Orion