Coolest Large Planes?

[DuraAce]

Saw this yesterday.

[J4CKO]

DuraAce said:

Saw this yesterday.

Oo, where ?

[DuraAce]

J4CKO said:

Oo, where ?

Should've put that in post really shouldn't I?!
Parked outside the Royal flight hangar at Muscat. Had to use a file picture as I couldn't get my own camera out my bag.

[Equilibrium25]

Eric Mc said:

It replaced this -



Another nice large aeroplane.

Is that a starlifter? Very nice aircraft.

[Eric Mc]

It is - an early C-141A. Most of the C-141As in USAF service were modified and lengthened to become C-141Bs. However, NASA's example remained as a C-141A all through its life.

[Equilibrium25]

Eric Mc said:

It is - an early C-141A. Most of the C-141As in USAF service were modified and lengthened to become C-141Bs. However, NASA's example remained as a C-141A all through its life.

Thanks Eric, that indeed explains why I thought it looked a little shorter than the ones I am familiar with!

[Eric Mc]

Here's an original C-141A in USAF colours -



And here's a stretched C-141B with an original "A" in the background. The "B" improvements also included the ability to refuel in-flight -

[NM62]

Eric Mc said:

Here's an original C-141A in USAF colours -



And here's a stretched C-141B with an original "A" in the background. The "B" improvements also included the ability to refuel in-flight -

A bit of nostalgia there Eric - Thanks - I preferred them in the old MAC colour scheme as opposed to when the went Camo.

[XB70]

Others have beat me to it but would be remiss of me not to add my 2 cents given my forum name!

[Ayahuasca]

[Eric Mc]

NM62 said:

A bit of nostalgia there Eric - Thanks - I preferred them in the old MAC colour scheme as opposed to when the went Camo.

As do I.

In 1978, the Irish Army went on UN peacekeeping duty to the Lebanon. As the Irish Air Corps had no suitable aircraft to ferry the men and the equipment, a fleet of C-141s and C-5s arrived at Dublin to fly them out. Both the C-5s and the C-141s were in the white and grey colours.

[SpamCan]

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Nuclear reactor experiements? hence the big radiation sign on the vertical stabiliser. It was a very interesting idea.

[Eric Mc]

Good job it never crashed. How was it disposed of?

[wolfracesonic]

Ayahuasca said:

Looks Lancaster based but the engines/props look odd as does the nose. I give up, give us a clue!

[lufbramatt]

Named after the county town of the county where some famous bomber command squadrons were based

Edited by lufbramatt on Thursday 1st December 16:59

[wolfracesonic]

It'll be a Lincoln then! I'd heard of the Lincoln, didn't know exactly what they were. Was the nose glazing designed by a moonlighting Dornier guy?

[Stickyfinger]

wolfracesonic said:

It'll be a Lincoln then! I'd heard of the Lincoln, didn't know exactly what they were. Was the nose glazing designed by a moonlighting Dornier guy?

It is armoured, they could not make curved armoured glass back then...they saw combat in Malaya with the Australians

Edited by Stickyfinger on Thursday 1st December 17:20

[Ayahuasca]

Stickyfinger said:

wolfracesonic said:

It'll be a Lincoln then! I'd heard of the Lincoln, didn't know exactly what they were. Was the nose glazing designed by a moonlighting Dornier guy?

It is armoured, they could not make curved armoured glass back then...they saw combat in Malaya with the Australians

Edited by Stickyfinger on Thursday 1st December 17:20

There is one at the museum at RAF Cosford, reputed to be haunted. Cleaner claims to have heard radio talk from inside the cockpit iirc..

[Europa1]

Stickyfinger said:

wolfracesonic said:

It'll be a Lincoln then! I'd heard of the Lincoln, didn't know exactly what they were. Was the nose glazing designed by a moonlighting Dornier guy?

It is armoured, they could not make curved armoured glass back then...they saw combat in Malaya with the Australians

Edited by Stickyfinger on Thursday 1st December 17:20

I always thought the nose ought to have net curtains and a spider plant on the windowsill, to nail the English bay window look.

[Stickyfinger]

Europa1 said:

Stickyfinger said:

wolfracesonic said:

It'll be a Lincoln then! I'd heard of the Lincoln, didn't know exactly what they were. Was the nose glazing designed by a moonlighting Dornier guy?

It is armoured, they could not make curved armoured glass back then...they saw combat in Malaya with the Australians

Edited by Stickyfinger on Thursday 1st December 17:20

I always thought the nose ought to have net curtains and a spider plant on the windowsill, to nail the English bay window look.

We call it an Orangey now....