Anybody know why they have erected an aircraft near Tops in Khao Noi?. Better still does anyone know what type of aircraft it is can't seem to find it on Google.

 

 

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All I know is you can get a pint of Guinness for 170 baht a pint a little way up the road(Tropical bar)

My bet:

 

https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1406214

 

https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/8368957

 

My bet:
 
https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1406214
 
https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/8368957
 

Yeah that's it nice one so just a Training plane. The wife asked one of the ladies in the food hall and they reckon it's going to be another market there unless anyone knows otherwise.


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1 minute ago, chezy86 said:

Yeah that's it nice one so just a Training plane. The wife asked one of the ladies in the food hall and they reckon it's going to be another market there unless anyone knows otherwise.

 

I'd have expected them to use Thai Air Force markings if they're using it for a decoration.   Or maybe Chinese PLA just to add a touch of intrigue at the market.

 

They should buy the DJI Drones...much more fun and cheaper to fly!!

There seems to be many of the same type of German model Jet training plane around Thailand. All junked. Boats and airplanes require constant maintenance, costs money.

 

 

 

 

1 hour ago, Dipterocarp said:

There seems to be many of the same type of German model Jet training plane around Thailand. All junked. Boats and airplanes require constant maintenance, costs money.

 

Wander around Arizona on Google earth and you'll see hundreds (thousands?) of junked aircraft in the care of the richest, most wasteful military in the world.  In several boneyards.  At some point, they either hour out structurally, become obsolete or cost too much to maintain.

 

http://www.airplaneboneyards.com/davis-monthan-afb-amarg-airplane-boneyard.htm

 

 
Wander around Arizona on Google earth and you'll see hundreds (thousands?) of junked aircraft in the care of the richest, most wasteful military in the world.  In several boneyards.  At some point, they either hour out structurally, become obsolete or cost too much to maintain.
 
http://www.airplaneboneyards.com/davis-monthan-afb-amarg-airplane-boneyard.htm
 

Thanks for that very interesting


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Even deserted 747 Jumbo jets are parked in the middle of nowhere in Thailand.

Even in Bangkok there is supposed to be an airplane "graveyard".

 

And the little plane in the OP has done it's job: it attracted your attention so much that you would post in Thaivisa 

I've seen fencing business that buys up whole aircraft to melt down and make aluminium fencing in their yard quite often

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/RFB_Fantrainer

 

So here is why large numbers of these strange looking planes are junked in Thailand

 

"The Royal Thai Air Force used the FT400 and FT600 versions to train ab initio pilots who then went on to fly the Northrop F-5E fighter aircraft".