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Started by robin990, December 13, 2008, 12:18:31 PM

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I stick to shooting wings that move , but i take pics of interesting planes for everyone else.....a Dutch KDC-10 at Miramar. Thought it was a KC-10 till it got close....


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Quote from: robin990 on December 13, 2008, 12:18:31 PM
I stick to shooting wings that move , but i take pics of interesting planes for everyone else.....a Dutch KDC-10 at Miramar. Thought it was a KC-10 till it got close....

Great catch Skip!!
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By the row of windows make that  KDC  A former civilian passenger aircraft that was given a military makeover to a airboune refueling tanker.
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Quote from: robin990 on December 13, 2008, 12:18:31 PM
I stick to shooting wings that move , but i take pics of interesting planes for everyone else.....a Dutch KDC-10 at Miramar. Thought it was a KC-10 till it got close....

Great catch. Thanks for posting this one. Did you take the photo this year?

My favorite jumbo. I wish the airlines would still fly them :'(

robin990

I took the pic last friday...

I personally like the L-1011 , the Convair 990 , Boeing 707-320 and the sweet 727. I never like seeing any plane go out of service.......or helicopters for that matter.

The Omega Tanker 707-320 was at Miramar and took off during the day....it must of been REALLY heavy as its take-off was long and its climb shallow. Great seeing a real 707 with the turbo-fans still in America. A bit of smoke and some noise.

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Very cool. The 727 is my second favorite ;) Thanks for the info

aero-engineer

Quote from: rander on December 15, 2008, 04:45:59 PM
By the row of windows make that  KDC  A former civilian passenger aircraft that was given a military makeover to a airboune refueling tanker.

DC-10-30 to be exact.

As of a year ago, the Dutch had 3 or 4 KDC-10s, but only two were converted to tankers with the RARO.

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Quote from: robin990 on December 15, 2008, 09:39:50 PM
The Omega Tanker 707-320 was at Miramar and took off during the day....it must of been REALLY heavy as its take-off was long and its climb shallow. Great seeing a real 707 with the turbo-fans still in America. A bit of smoke and some noise.
Any shots of it??
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Quote from: aero-engineer on December 15, 2008, 11:03:24 PM
DC-10-30 to be exact.

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I read once that the DC-10-30 were powered my General Electrid CF-6 engines and the DC-10 series 40 aircraft were powered by Pratt and Whitney JT-9D series engines. Is there ant truth to that?
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Quote from: rander on December 16, 2008, 06:05:21 PM
I read once that the DC-10-30 were powered my General Electrid CF-6 engines and the DC-10 series 40 aircraft were powered by Pratt and Whitney JT-9D series engines. Is there ant truth to that?

100% truth.  NWA insisted that the engine for their tri-jet be compatible with their existing fleet of P&W JT9D-7 B 747s.
The changes to the airframe to accomplish this included slightly larger engine pylons, a larger diameter center inlet, a shift AFT of that engine 20 inches and adding a diffuser section.

I wrote my Master's Degree Project (just short of a Thesis) on the DC-10.

Everyone know about the DC-10 TWIN?

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Quote from: aero-engineer on December 23, 2008, 10:57:15 PM

Everyone know about the DC-10 TWIN?

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