From the radio shack looking forward. That's the wing spar in the
foreground. |
The radio area
look-ing over the wing beam. |
Looking aft from the
radio area, you can see stowage racks for, flares, parachutes,sonobuoys, and PDC's
(Practice Depth Charges). PDC's were used in conjunction with the sonobuoys to localize a
contact using soundings. The sonobuoys were launched through the bottom of the aircraft,
from the racks in the lower middle of the picture, using compressed air provided by a
small onboard air compressor.. |
Looking forward from
behind the crew seats you can see more sonobuoy stowage. The large oval panels sitting on
edge on the floor, are the rear engine covers. |
A little further
back, on the left is the retro launcher for flares, and the practice depth charge (PDC)
launcher. Then there are 2 seats for the crew that manned the after station. The large
pipe in the over head is for heat to the tail for de-icing. Also in the over head is more
sonobuoy stowage. |
The crew positions |
