Sentinel Chicken
American 71 Heavy, contact departure 126.47
Trying to come up with all there is- we're all familiar with these derivatives:
Lockheed Orion (Electra)
Illyushin Il-38 (Il-18)
BAe Nimrod (Comet)
Boeing P-8A (737NG)
What I'm looking for is a listing with pics if possible of unbuilt ASW/maritime patrol versions of commercial airliners- what I can come up with off the top of my head thus far:
"CP-137"- Boeing proposal to Canada/Australia for a long range ASW platform which would have replaced the Argus in Canadian service. The only picture I have seen of it was in a past issue of International Air Power Review that dealt with the military variants of the 707- it had a lengthened/drooped nose for the search radar, MAD booms on the wingtips, and I believe a weapons bay aft of the wing.
"DC-10 ASW"- McDD proposal to the Canadians for a multirole ASW platform based on the DC-10. Again, the only pic I've seen of it is in books, most notably Terry Waddington's book on the DC-10 from the Great Airliners Series.
"P-9"- McDD candidate for the LRAACA competition in the 1980s/90s based on a UHB powered version of the MD-87 I think. I haven't found any pics of it, but from what I recall of AWST issues from that time, it had a lower lobe weapons bay, lengthened nose for the search radar, and a MAD boom projecting aft from the horizontal tailplane/fin junction.
"757 ASW"- Boeing candidate for the LRAACA competition based on the 757. Found this picture on Globalsecurity.org's website:
I'm curious as to whether there have been such versions proposed of other airliners?
Lockheed Orion (Electra)
Illyushin Il-38 (Il-18)
BAe Nimrod (Comet)
Boeing P-8A (737NG)
What I'm looking for is a listing with pics if possible of unbuilt ASW/maritime patrol versions of commercial airliners- what I can come up with off the top of my head thus far:
"CP-137"- Boeing proposal to Canada/Australia for a long range ASW platform which would have replaced the Argus in Canadian service. The only picture I have seen of it was in a past issue of International Air Power Review that dealt with the military variants of the 707- it had a lengthened/drooped nose for the search radar, MAD booms on the wingtips, and I believe a weapons bay aft of the wing.
"DC-10 ASW"- McDD proposal to the Canadians for a multirole ASW platform based on the DC-10. Again, the only pic I've seen of it is in books, most notably Terry Waddington's book on the DC-10 from the Great Airliners Series.
"P-9"- McDD candidate for the LRAACA competition in the 1980s/90s based on a UHB powered version of the MD-87 I think. I haven't found any pics of it, but from what I recall of AWST issues from that time, it had a lower lobe weapons bay, lengthened nose for the search radar, and a MAD boom projecting aft from the horizontal tailplane/fin junction.
"757 ASW"- Boeing candidate for the LRAACA competition based on the 757. Found this picture on Globalsecurity.org's website:
I'm curious as to whether there have been such versions proposed of other airliners?