Coolest Large Planes?
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Antonov AN225 at Doncaster Sheffield Airport
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Ayahuasca said:
J4CKO said:
One of my favourites.
Edited by J4CKO on Tuesday 29th November 20:45
I've been on the Iran Air Sp's to Teheran in the 70's.
And if I'm not mistaken they are still,flying them
Edited to add.....
Boring fact about the 747SP......the tail fin is higher on the 747SP than the normal 747
Edited by HoHoHo on Tuesday 29th November 21:33
HoHoHo said:
Ayahuasca said:
J4CKO said:
One of my favourites.
Edited by J4CKO on Tuesday 29th November 20:45
I've been on the Iran Air Sp's to Teheran in the 70's.
And if I'm not mistaken they are still,flying them
Edited to add.....
Boring fact about the 747SP......the tail fin is higher on the 747SP than the normal 747
Edited by HoHoHo on Tuesday 29th November 21:33
re the bigger fin, I am guessing it is because of the shorter fuselage (shorter lever arm = less fin authority)
Ayahuasca said:
Only ever seen one in my 1976 Observer's Book of Aircraft. That's how old they are...
re the bigger fin, I am guessing it is because of the shorter fuselage (shorter lever arm = less fin authority)
Used to see Iran Air and Pan Am ones flying over Dublin at 30,000 feet or so during the mid 1970s. The SP was built in fairly small numbers (around 40) and was introduced by Boeing to try and stop some of their existing customers buying longer range DC-10 30s.re the bigger fin, I am guessing it is because of the shorter fuselage (shorter lever arm = less fin authority)
Ayahuasca said:
HoHoHo said:
Ayahuasca said:
J4CKO said:
One of my favourites.
Edited by J4CKO on Tuesday 29th November 20:45
I've been on the Iran Air Sp's to Teheran in the 70's.
And if I'm not mistaken they are still,flying them
Edited to add.....
Boring fact about the 747SP......the tail fin is higher on the 747SP than the normal 747
Edited by HoHoHo on Tuesday 29th November 21:33
re the bigger fin, I am guessing it is because of the shorter fuselage (shorter lever arm = less fin authority)
I hate to think with sanctions what condition they were in
towser44 said:
Saw this over where I live a couple of years ago (thanks FlightRadar), heading from Stansted to the States. Was pretty chuffed to see it.
VP-BAT was based at Bournemouth. The owner has replaced it with a 747-800 VQ-BSK also based at Bournemouth. A little ostentatious I'd sayHoHoHo said:
Ayahuasca said:
HoHoHo said:
Ayahuasca said:
J4CKO said:
One of my favourites.
Edited by J4CKO on Tuesday 29th November 20:45
I've been on the Iran Air Sp's to Teheran in the 70's.
And if I'm not mistaken they are still,flying them
Edited to add.....
Boring fact about the 747SP......the tail fin is higher on the 747SP than the normal 747
Edited by HoHoHo on Tuesday 29th November 21:33
re the bigger fin, I am guessing it is because of the shorter fuselage (shorter lever arm = less fin authority)
I hate to think with sanctions what condition they were in
The control surfaces were simplified, fuselage shortened and tail enlarged, it had a longer range than the 747 100 it was based on.
The wiki article is pretty good
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_747SP#Current...
Am reading a book on the development of the 747 so hopefully I will get some further details, there are so many variations of 747 there is also an SR model, and it isnt a slightly faster version with bucket seats, stripes and a rev counter but a short range version for use in short flights for the Japanese market,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_747#747SR
Well, I find it fascinating anyway
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