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[Richard V.]

Thermal is pretty cool (see what I did there?)

Do you know what FLIR stand for? Forward Looking Infrared Radar (FLIR). In the 80's I used to fix the FLIR equipment on the CP-140 aircrafts in Comox, BC Canada. Lockheed CP-140 Aurora - Wikipedia

In the lab, I would put my hand on a chair and see my hand print for a long time after it. The sensors inside the FLIR unit, which was mounted in the nose of the CP-140 aircraft were cool to some low kelvin degrees ( Kelvin - Wikipedia ) to increase their sensitivity to the environment to track traces of submarines in the water from the air. The numbers were classified.

CP-140 Aurora - YouTube

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[ajdelange]

Looks like an Orion to me.

 

[Richard V.]

Looks like an Orion to me.

It is, but in Canada it is called an Aurora.

 

[ajdelange]

Whatever you call it, it's a remarkable bird!

I remember riding them (civilian version) from San Diego to San Francisco for $14.

 

[Richard V.]

Whatever you call it, it's a remarkable bird!

To get more about it's history and variants (including the Aurora) see here: Lockheed P-3 Orion - Wikipedia.

In fact, when I was posted to CFB Comox in 1981 the Argus was still in service. Canadair CP-107 Argus - Wikipedia

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