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Squawk7777 16th Jul 2010 08:39

What wing?
 
I found some old slides from my dad. One slide I came across shows a wing, but I cannot figure out to what airplane type it belongs to. The picture was taken about 40 years ago. Any experts out there? :)

http://commondatastorage.googleapis....m/37981030.jpg

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Fareastdriver 16th Jul 2010 09:08

It looks like a twin piston judging by the wing structure between the inner/outer flap. The aileron/flap mix is not the same as a DC3 but it does look like the C20/C46.
That's my bet.

HEATHROW DIRECTOR 16th Jul 2010 09:30

Going completely the other way - Comet 4B? That panel looks very much like the red panel on the BEA Comets.

sycamore 16th Jul 2010 09:57

Or a Caravelle ?

chevvron 16th Jul 2010 10:02

I agree with HD; it's the wrong shape for a Caravelle and the surface looks too smooth for a piston aircraft, plus the static discharge line and what looks like fuel vent on the trailing edge look right for a Comet.

Squawk7777 16th Jul 2010 10:23

more leads?
 
Thank you for your replies. I found another picture, not sure if it is related to the first one. It shows the cabin, don't know if it is any help.

http://commondatastorage.googleapis....m/37984016.jpg

Yellow Sun 16th Jul 2010 11:13

It doesn't look at all like a Comet to this old Nimrod pilot.

YS

Groundloop 16th Jul 2010 11:26

Definitely a swept wing jet but not a Comet. No wing tanks so could then only be a 4B - but the 4B has an enormous wing fence running across the full span - and Comets do not have slotted flaps.

thetimesreader84 16th Jul 2010 12:01

Boeing 737. Probably -200, given the apparant age.

Of course, I could be wrong...

oxenos 16th Jul 2010 12:28

I agree with yellow sun - Comet / Nimrod had no spoilers either. I think Times reader is correct. Interior shot also looks like 737.

twochai 16th Jul 2010 12:30

Fokker F-28, I'd venture.

RampTramp 16th Jul 2010 12:40

Not an F28 twochai, I think they're all 2+2 or max 2+3. I'd go along with Tmesreader, an early model B737.

AndoniP 16th Jul 2010 13:09

trident? BAC 1-11?

Tyres O'Flaherty 16th Jul 2010 17:07

Certainly looks like an older 737 wing to me

MReyn24050 16th Jul 2010 17:41

I would suggest it is a Boeing 727 perhaps. See the link:-
http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviatio.../8/0211826.jpg

This is an early 727 cabin:-
Photos: Boeing 727-22C Aircraft Pictures | Airliners.net

con-pilot 16th Jul 2010 18:35

I'm with MReyn, it is a 727 wing. The angle of sweep back of the wing is not that evident because of the angle of the camera when the picture was taken.

As for the interior shot, looks like a standard Boeing cabin, 707, 727 or 737 cabin to me.

Brian Abraham 17th Jul 2010 01:08

Hand up for 727 here. High speed aileron between inner and outer spoiler panels, and the wing sweep evident between the two groups of spoilers.

Postfade 21st Jul 2010 21:28

I think your probably correct with the 727...but I'll leave it to you pilots to prove it.
http://www.davidtaylorsound.co.uk/sh...003U-S852A.jpg
Here's the wing of the Boeing 727 demonstrator N7003U when it visited Paya Lebar, Singapore in 1963.
http://www.davidtaylorsound.co.uk/sh...003U-S853A.jpg

I think this interior shot clinches it though.

David Taylor

More 60's Singapore aviation stills at www.focalplanes.co.uk

GOLF_BRAVO_ZULU 22nd Jul 2010 11:57

I think we can discount the Trident; (with thanks to Mr Rick Skoroszewski)

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviatio.../0/0640073.jpg

On the other hand, as MReyn24050 said, the B727; (with thanks to Mohammadreza Farhadi Aref)

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviatio.../6/1742600.jpg

forget 22nd Jul 2010 13:28

Scroll down to see some very interesting pics of N7003U's 1963 world tour.

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