What Cockpit? MK VI
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Response sent re your PM, Mel...
Re the challenge cockpit, it's almost midnight in Oz and I'm off to bed. Back on deck in seven hours or so.
Glenn
Re the challenge cockpit, it's almost midnight in Oz and I'm off to bed. Back on deck in seven hours or so.
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dixi188. I can tell you on behalf of ozbeowulf that you are correct in saying it was a four-engined aircraft but it is not a Comet.
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Thanks, Mel...
Sorry, dixi188. The captain you fly with is wrong.
Before everyone goes to sleep in the UK, a recap...
Not a Comet; not a Concorde, but broadly contemporary. This aircraft's life span began in the twenty year period between the first flight dates of the Comet and the Concorde.
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Sorry, dixi188. The captain you fly with is wrong.
Before everyone goes to sleep in the UK, a recap...
Not a Comet; not a Concorde, but broadly contemporary. This aircraft's life span began in the twenty year period between the first flight dates of the Comet and the Concorde.
Glenn
Last edited by ozbeowulf; 9th Apr 2008 at 00:19. Reason: Added response to dixi188. We cross-posted.
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Not an Ilyushin, I'm afraid.
Twenty-four hours in now; perhaps it's time for a hint.
This challenge is a transport aircraft. It was designed to carry a specific critical class of bulky cargo, though it hauled a variety of loads in its day.
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Twenty-four hours in now; perhaps it's time for a hint.
This challenge is a transport aircraft. It was designed to carry a specific critical class of bulky cargo, though it hauled a variety of loads in its day.
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That's a very big net you're casting, Keith. I'll answer in the same vein. This aircraft has two wings; one on each side.
Otherwise, it is not a Guppy of any kind.
The color of the FE panel might help identify the aircraft's manufacturer, but only if you carefully consider the time frame and don't jump to conclusions.
Glenn
Otherwise, it is not a Guppy of any kind.
The color of the FE panel might help identify the aircraft's manufacturer, but only if you carefully consider the time frame and don't jump to conclusions.
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Well done, Dixi188! 
It is the Douglas C-133 Cargomaster, designed to carry the Titan missiles used in the US IBM system.
The C-133 had fatigue problems and was retired by the USAAF in 1971. A lone flyable example continues in Alaska doing occasional special flights... or at least it did until recently. An April 2006 flight was the latest I could find.
More info at http://www.ruudleeuw.com/c-133_by_sibitzky.htm
Dixi188 says open house, so.......
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It is the Douglas C-133 Cargomaster, designed to carry the Titan missiles used in the US IBM system.The C-133 had fatigue problems and was retired by the USAAF in 1971. A lone flyable example continues in Alaska doing occasional special flights... or at least it did until recently. An April 2006 flight was the latest I could find.
More info at http://www.ruudleeuw.com/c-133_by_sibitzky.htm
Dixi188 says open house, so.......
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Lists of both the What Cockpit and What Aerodrome challenges are available on a seperate thread entitled " What Cockpit and What aerodrome latest Lists" the last up date was carried out on the 3rd April 2008.
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Something `fishy` from across the Pond?....