SeaVisionBurma Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 4 engines, narrow body - looks like a 707 to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David48 Posted March 10, 2013 Author Share Posted March 10, 2013 Hint: it's American and goes just about anywhere it wants. If you saw the markings on the side it would be obvious. From your wording above ... "Hint: it's American and goes just about anywhere it wants." I immediately thought of But clearly not ... so we can eliminate that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaVisionBurma Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 Air Force One used to be a Boeing 707.... ...just saying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David48 Posted March 10, 2013 Author Share Posted March 10, 2013 Bit small on the mobile screen - but looks like SQ 777 Just so know I haven't forgotten your guess ... you are correct .. just that the supporting media and plane info's not on this computer ... will update a bit later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David48 Posted March 10, 2013 Author Share Posted March 10, 2013 Air Force One used to be a Boeing 707.... ...just saying Yes, I agree ... but I was looking at the colour clues and the nose job is different on the subject as opposed to the photos I looked at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lubbkis Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 Air Force One used to be a Boeing 707.... ...just saying Yes, I agree ... but I was looking at the colour clues and the nose job is different on the subject as opposed to the photos I looked at. That must have been a long, long time ago. I have a vague memory of taxiing past a 747 our pilot said was AF2 at Lyon just before the Albertville Olympics, which seems a long time ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud67 Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 Kudos to everyone who called it - a B707 is absolutely the base model for this aircraft.Boeing made many military variants of it called the Stratolifter:C-135 - cargoKC-135 - tankerEC-135/RC-135 - commandWC-135 - weather observationBut this particular Boeing Stratolifter is the OC-135 and it has only one job. By international agreement, it legally spies on any and all of the 34 signatories to the Open Skies Treaty. Imagine the monitoring tech on this airplane! The theory being to allow everyone to stick their noses into each other's backyards to prevent secret military build up. This website has a decent overview of the treaty.Here is a better picture from wikimedia:The Russians use an Antonov and a Tupolev. The Canadians share a monitoring system with a half dozen other countries that can be mounted on a Herc. I don't know what the others use.Each host country must do everything they can to ensure a successful mission of spying. However, I have been told the host soldiers will get friendly with their guests, invite them out the night before the flight and get them drunk. The flights are given a 30 minute window at each location where the airspace has been closed to other traffic. With any luck the crew sleeps in and misses the window provided for air closures and NOTAMs. Not sure that has ever been successful. Great guesses on an obscure aircraft!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David48 Posted March 10, 2013 Author Share Posted March 10, 2013 spud67 seriously ... a great post ... Just looking at the American aircraft ... what are the special engine modifications? They look elongated ... a design feature to allow higher altitude flying? . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radar501 Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 The Boeing 707 first flew in 1957. I'm staggered to think that it still has a use at the leading edge of US military technology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David48 Posted March 11, 2013 Author Share Posted March 11, 2013 The Boeing 707 first flew in 1957. I'm staggered to think that it still has a use at the leading edge of US military technology. WOW that flew before I was even a twinkle in Dad's eye. 55 years of flying ... hope I'm still going strong when I'm a similar vintage! . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David48 Posted March 11, 2013 Author Share Posted March 11, 2013 (edited) Bit small on the mobile screen - but looks like SQ 777 Yes, SVB ... well done ... Indeed it's a Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-212ER . Edited March 11, 2013 by David48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David48 Posted March 11, 2013 Author Share Posted March 11, 2013 # 034 Try for the ... AirlineMake and Model This one is so easy you guys would eat it for breakfast. So, let's start with an internal shot* *It's not my photo, so I'll acknowledge the Author when the plane is spotted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diddums Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Can we put helicopters up ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diddums Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 They are superior aviation vehicles ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chao Lao Beach Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 (edited) spud67 seriously ... a great post ... Just looking at the American aircraft ... what are the special engine modifications? They look elongated ... a design feature to allow higher altitude flying? . David, they are just standard low bypass engines like on a B727. There is likely some mods to make them stage 2, but that is to try an muffle some of the noise so they can operate out of noise senitivie airports like in your back yard in Oz which has lost the plot in this regard. Good Open skies link above, thanks. Edited March 11, 2013 by Chao Lao Beach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radar501 Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 # 034 Try for the ... AirlineMake and ModelPS # 34.jpg This one is so easy you guys would eat it for breakfast. So, let's start with an internal shot* *It's not my photo, so I'll acknowledge the Author when the plane is spotted. Seat configuration - Boeing 747-200? Asian flight attendant in blue uniform - Korean Air? If I am close to the mark, this photo must be OLD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David48 Posted March 11, 2013 Author Share Posted March 11, 2013 # 034 Seat configuration - Boeing 747-200? Asian flight attendant in blue uniform - Korean Air? If I am close to the mark, this photo must be OLD Radar501 ... a great start. It is a Boeing 747 ... but not the 200 series. Still you have the planes' general description correct and that's good enough for me. Not Korean Air. The photo is not mine ... though I don't believe to be ancient. So now it's pick the Airline. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokie36 Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Is it EVA Air? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David48 Posted March 11, 2013 Author Share Posted March 11, 2013 Is it EVA Air? Thanks smokes ... but not EVA either. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diddums Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 china eastern airlines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David48 Posted March 11, 2013 Author Share Posted March 11, 2013 china eastern airlines You and smokie36 are on the right continent and there or there abouts for the right area. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lubbkis Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 china eastern airlines You and smokie36 are on the right continent and there or there abouts for the right area. . So China Southern. I've been on China and they did have a bit more bulkhead descortion than shown here, though as it was Christmas they did insist on playing a a repetitive medley of "seasonal jingles" including one with very morbid lyrics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RabC Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 With the age of the pic/aircraft I go for Air China Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David48 Posted March 11, 2013 Author Share Posted March 11, 2013 Asian agreed ... but not any of the China Airlines. This aircraft is still flying today. I've never flown with them. But it's my understanding that they are definitely in the 'Budget Class' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RabC Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Orient Thai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David48 Posted March 13, 2013 Author Share Posted March 13, 2013 # 034 Orient Thai RabC ... correctamondo ... An Orient Thai Boeing 747-412 Kudos for the photo Airline: Orient Thai Airlines Aircraft: Boeing 747-412 (B744) Reg: HS-STC Altitude: 3550 ft (1082 m) V/S: -128 fpm Speed: 218 kt (404 km/h, 251 mph) Track: 259° Hex: 884E83 Squawk: 5150 Pos: Radar: T-VTBD1 Had I just posted the photos below ... would have been over faster then an encounter on Beach Rd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David48 Posted March 13, 2013 Author Share Posted March 13, 2013 # 035 Try for the ... AirlineMake and Model Same, but little bit different. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud67 Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 T # 035 Try for the ... AirlineMake and ModelLR DSCF7262.JPG Same, but little bit different. . Turkish Airlines A330 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud67 Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 This one is again state owned. So no real livery to speak of. But I finally have an airborn aircraft! Just going for the make and model. For extra points, there is a visible part(s) that makes this particular variant identifiable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaVisionBurma Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Lockheed AC-130 - I'm saying AC-130 as it looks like the ground-attack variant of the C-130 Bit difficult to see the visible parts which would identify it from this shot on the screen I'm using - but if its the AC-130 they have modified fuselage to house Bushmaster cannon, and the bulging modified fuselage looks to be there.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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