Kiwi Orions; A History of the Lockheed P-3B/K Orion in service with No.5 Squadron Royal New Zealand Air Force 1966-2006 - by Paul Harrison.

Kiwi Orions; A History of the Lockheed P-3B/K Orion in service with No.5 Squadron Royal New Zealand Air Force 1966-2006 - by Paul Harrison.

Publisher: Kiwi Air Research, Paraparaumu, New Zealand, 2006.

Near new softback, some minor shelf-wear, no inscriptions. 159 pages, illustrated.

The Five Royal New Zealand Air Force P-3B Orions were ordered at a cost of 8 million pounds in March 1964 to replace the remaining Sunderland Flying Boats operating with No 5 Squadron out of the Hobsonville Flying boat base and Lauthala Bay in Fiji. Being land based aircraft the flying boat base that the RNZAF had in Lauthala Bay in Fiji had to close. The Orions were delivered in September and December 1966 to the Whenuapai Air Base, which is still their base. The RNZAF was the first air arm outside the US Navy to operate the Orion.

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