India’s second 737-based P-8I maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft has completed its flight debut, with Boeing to install its mission system equipment in the coming weeks. Already carrying the Indian navy registration IN 321, the new aircraft was flown from Renton Field to Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, on 12 July, with the sortie lasting 2h and 14min. “Boeing test pilots performed airborne systems checks and took the P-8I to a maximum altitude of 41,000ft [12,500m] prior to landing,” the company says. The event occurred five days after it had also launched official flight testing of the type from Seattle using aircraft IN 320.

Source: Flightglobal

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