Description

VXN-8 Project Magnet “Road Runner” RP-3D Model

Fly with the VXN-8 Project Magnet “Road Runner” in this handcrafted RP-3D Model. Each model is carefully carved from wood and hand painted to provide a unique piece you’ll love.

• Length – 18 inches Width -15 inches
• Made from Mahogany
• US Naval Aviator Owned Business
• Officially Licensed by Lockheed Martin
• The product is not intended to be used by children 12 years and younger.

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The squadron was designated VXN-8 m in January 1969 and in 1973. replaced its C-121s and NC-54 w,the RP-3 aircraft.
Today, the squadron conducts airborne magnetic, geophysical, oceanographic, and acoustic surveys to collect data needed to support fleet operations and Department of Defense oceanographic requirements. VXN-8 flies ftve arrcrart. man all-Orion fleet Projects Birdseye and Ovtposl Seascan each use an RP-3A equipped with extensively modif1ed navigation systems. sophisticated sensors and spec1ahzed instrumentation. The only RP-30 in the Navy’s inventory was built especially for VXNa·s Project Magnet. Using only nonferrous metals throughout the inter~or of the a1rcraft aft of the mam cabin door, the P-3C airframe enables the sensitive vector magnetometer to perform its mission distortion-free. Its bomb bay compartment was converted into a sixth fuel tank,  increasing the operating range Rounding out the squadron’s fleet are two UP-3A training aircraft All of VXN-8’s a1rcraft is painted international orange and white to readily 1dentify them as overt, nonweapon-carrying platforms, and each of the squadron’s project aircraft sport an officially sanctioned cartoon character typifying its assigned mission. The squadron is uniquely tasked with three ongoing missions from which it gets its nickname. the World Travelers