The US Navy has witnessed the successful take-off of a Boeing P-8A Poseidon test aircraft T2 from Renton Field which landed at Seattle.

The anti-submarine warfare aircraft T2 passed Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in Washington to provide a close-range look at the flight.

The 117 P-8As will be bought by the navy to replace its current fleet of P-3Cs.

The flight reached a maximum altitude of 25,000ft and underwent airborne systems checks including engine accelerations and decelerations, engaging autopilot flight modes and auxiliary power unit shutdowns and starts.

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T2 is the third among five test aircraft that were built and tested under Boeing’s system development and demonstration contract that the company received in 2004.

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