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Who Can ID This Aircraft?
« on: April 23, 2012, 10:38:27 pm »
Flying about 35,000 feet over Dallas.  I was waiting on the next aircraft to depart DFW, so I saw this overhead and took a shot of it; 400mm just isn't enough to get a great shot.



Now, I've figured it out, but I want to see if any one else here can do it.  There are 4 things which give away what it is.
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Re: Who Can ID This Aircraft?
« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2012, 10:45:45 pm »
Is it an Airbus A380?
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« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2012, 10:46:07 pm »
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Re: Who Can ID This Aircraft?
« Reply #3 on: April 23, 2012, 10:50:51 pm »
V71-727?
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Re: Who Can ID This Aircraft?
« Reply #4 on: April 23, 2012, 10:51:22 pm »
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Re: Who Can ID This Aircraft?
« Reply #5 on: April 23, 2012, 10:54:34 pm »
Nope & Nope
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Re: Who Can ID This Aircraft?
« Reply #6 on: April 24, 2012, 07:50:33 am »
Russian?
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Re: Who Can ID This Aircraft?
« Reply #7 on: April 24, 2012, 08:01:35 am »
Quote from: Oceander on April 23, 2012, 10:45:45 pm
Is it an Airbus A380?

A Boeing 707?
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Re: Who Can ID This Aircraft?
« Reply #8 on: April 24, 2012, 12:47:57 pm »
Quote from: DCPatriot on April 24, 2012, 08:01:35 am
A Boeing 707?

Yes, sorta, but it's not civilian, which is what the 707 technically is.
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Re: Who Can ID This Aircraft?
« Reply #9 on: April 24, 2012, 12:54:41 pm »
Mike says it's a 747 modified to haul the shuttle around?
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Re: Who Can ID This Aircraft?
« Reply #10 on: April 24, 2012, 12:56:51 pm »
Quote from: mystery-ak on April 24, 2012, 12:54:41 pm
Mike says it's a 747 modified to haul the shuttle around?

Nope

It's a 707 airframe. Easiest way to tell this is the HF antenna sticking forward from the top of the vertical tail.  However, it is not civilian.

Hint: It is not a KC-135 Stratotanker
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Re: Who Can ID This Aircraft?
« Reply #11 on: April 24, 2012, 01:02:51 pm »
AWACS
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« Reply #12 on: April 24, 2012, 01:04:21 pm »
Quote from: mystery-ak on April 24, 2012, 01:02:51 pm
AWACS

Closer, but no radar dome above it.
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Re: Who Can ID This Aircraft?
« Reply #13 on: April 24, 2012, 01:05:21 pm »
Quote from: Atomic Cow on April 24, 2012, 01:04:21 pm
Closer, but no radar dome above it.


Hmmmmm.....
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Re: Who Can ID This Aircraft?
« Reply #14 on: April 24, 2012, 01:07:22 pm »
Could it be one of the old AF1's?
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Re: Who Can ID This Aircraft?
« Reply #15 on: April 24, 2012, 01:08:28 pm »
Quote from: mystery-ak on April 24, 2012, 01:07:22 pm
Could it be one of the old AF1's?

All out of service.

What gave it away to me is that it is using CFM-56 engines and the pods on the wingtips.  Only one type of military aircraft has both and lacks any additional addons.
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Re: Who Can ID This Aircraft?
« Reply #16 on: April 24, 2012, 01:10:58 pm »
Quote from: Atomic Cow on April 24, 2012, 01:08:28 pm
All out of service.

What gave it away to me is that it is using CFM-56 engines and the pods on the wingtips.  Only one type of military aircraft has both and lacks any additional addons.

Yeah I know I thought maybe they were flying it somewhere..
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Re: Who Can ID This Aircraft?
« Reply #17 on: April 24, 2012, 01:15:09 pm »
it has to be a tanker then?
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Re: Who Can ID This Aircraft?
« Reply #18 on: April 24, 2012, 01:16:47 pm »
Quote from: mystery-ak on April 24, 2012, 01:15:09 pm
it has to be a tanker then?

Not a tanker.
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Re: Who Can ID This Aircraft?
« Reply #19 on: April 24, 2012, 01:17:14 pm »
damn....
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Re: Who Can ID This Aircraft?
« Reply #20 on: April 24, 2012, 01:18:47 pm »
Command and control aircraft...C2C2....something like that Mike says..in Iraq they called them the High Bird?
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« Reply #21 on: April 24, 2012, 01:19:27 pm »
Boeing E-6 Mercury
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« Reply #23 on: April 24, 2012, 01:24:28 pm »
smarty pants...
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« Reply #24 on: April 24, 2012, 02:00:23 pm »
Quote from: mystery-ak on April 24, 2012, 01:24:28 pm
smarty pants...

I'm an old Air Force kid. ;-)  My dad was in both the Conn. ANG and USAF in Korea. I could identify most common commercial and military a/c by the time I was 10. 
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