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by **Splitpin** » Sat Jan 01, 2011 12:59 pm

Ian mentioned in another post the huge range of C-130 variants that have been made, as well as the B-707/C-135.....so i decided to open the hanger and drag a few of mine out.....amazing what they have done to the 707....just keeps going.
There are variants of variants....eg KC-135A, E, R and then all the rest TC, EC, NKC, VC, RC......names like Combat sent, rivet joint, speckled trout,........anyway, heres my lot.

by **Charl** » Sat Jan 01, 2011 1:10 pm

Rugged, dependable airframe, of course you do things to it!
Just like the Herkie bird, it will fly with the strangest attachments...
Rivet Joint sends a little shiver up the spine.
You will not find a lot written about its purpose or capabilities

by **Ian Warren** » Sat Jan 01, 2011 1:12 pm

Good selection Marty

What a lot off people don,t no these were the Boeing 717 , C135/KC being the military design name for them

by **Splitpin** » Sat Jan 01, 2011 5:36 pm

Ian Warren wrote:
QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Jan 1 2011, 02:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Good selection Marty What a lot off people don,t no these were the Boeing 717 , C135/KC being the military design name for them

Cheers Ian......just watched a DVD on the 707/135.....some U.S Units will still be flying them in 2025....with the B-52's.....Boeing know how to build aircraft

If you look at it, the same was done to the Herc (as chral and you have said) but also the P-3, and to a lesser degree the Comet (Nimrod).....and i suppose the civi equivalent would have to be the 737, its up to 900 series now, plus the wedgetail, the poseidon......amazing company.

I think Mr Boeing must have been a KIWI..

...we were the first country(outside the U.S) in the world to buy a Boeing.....way back when......

by **Splitpin** » Sat Jan 01, 2011 5:43 pm

Charl wrote:
QUOTE (Charl @ Jan 1 2011, 02:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Rugged, dependable airframe, of course you do things to it!
Just like the Herkie bird, it will fly with the strangest attachments...
Rivet Joint sends a little shiver up the spine.
You will not find a lot written about its purpose or capabilities

True, those names are interesting....."Combat Talon"(Herc) is another good one........

by **Charl** » Sat Jan 01, 2011 5:50 pm

Splitpin wrote:
QUOTE (Splitpin @ Jan 1 2011, 06:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I think Mr Boeing must have been a KIWI...

Deserved to be...but Bill Boeing was of German extraction: and his name was really Wilhelm BÃ¶ing
Everything that flies seems to have German roots.

by **Ian Warren** » Sat Jan 01, 2011 5:56 pm

Splitpin wrote:
QUOTE (Splitpin @ Jan 1 2011, 06:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I think Mr Boeing must have been a KIWI.. ...we were the first country(outside the U.S) in the world to buy a Boeing.....way back when......

The original Boeing Seaplanes used on Auckland,s harbour shores , the two aircraft have been said to been stored somewhere in an old bunker off the mid twenties pre WWII .

by **Ian Warren** » Sat Jan 01, 2011 6:19 pm

Charl wrote:
QUOTE (Charl @ Jan 1 2011, 06:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
...but Bill Boeing was of German extraction: and his name was really Wilhelm BÃ¶ing

And to finish Boeing,s story , sells the company to pursue other dreams only to buy Douglas DST .

by **Naki** » Sat Jan 01, 2011 6:41 pm

Charl wrote:
QUOTE (Charl @ Jan 1 2011, 06:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Deserved to be...but Bill Boeing was of German extraction: and his name was really Wilhelm BÃ¶ing
Everything that flies seems to have German roots.

Hey you learn something new every day -- I didnt know that!

Marty ..can you label the screenies to label what model 707/C-135/717/ KC-135A, E, R , TC, EC, NKC, VC, RC (some are obvious but a little stuck on others) etc is what?

by **Splitpin** » Sat Jan 01, 2011 7:16 pm

Naki wrote:
QUOTE (Naki @ Jan 1 2011, 07:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hey you learn something new every day -- I didnt know that!

Marty ..can you label the screenies to label what model 707/C-135/717/ KC-135A, E, R , TC, EC, NKC, VC, RC (some are obvious but a little stuck on others) etc is what?

Will do Naki

by **Splitpin** » Sat Jan 01, 2011 8:12 pm

Naki....screenshot details

# 1 =E8C-...JSTAR
#2=VC-137B VVIP Transport
#3=VC-137A...Transport
#4=RC-135W ..."Rivet joint"
#5=RC-135U ..."Combat sent"
#6=NKC-135E
#7=C-135N
#8=KC-135E
#9=EC-135E
#10=E-3C ..Senrty (RAF)
#11=E-3D... AWACS
#12=NKC-135A ..Airbourne laser lab

I hope that makes sense.......

by **Adamski** » Sat Jan 01, 2011 8:16 pm

Great screens, Marty. The B707 sure is a classic. So much so that I got suckered into buying it!! I must admit, though, my memory of it is rosier than the reality. Those engines look so puny (by today's standards)! Classic Boeing shape though!

Is the total absence of clouds a New Year resolution thing?

by **Splitpin** » Sat Jan 01, 2011 8:38 pm

Adamski wrote:
QUOTE (Adamski @ Jan 1 2011, 09:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Great screens, Marty. The B707 sure is a classic. So much so that I got suckered into buying it!! I must admit, though, my memory of it is rosier than the reality. Those engines look so puny (by today's standards)! Classic Boeing shape though!

Is the total absence of clouds a New Year resolution thing?

No not really Adam.....just thought i would snap them all on the ground for a change....but now Im flying them ....in the clouds

Those are all feeware from the HJG site...you have to download base packs, panels (no vc) and sounds.....takes forever....i just grab the aircraft and fly it from the outside

by **Adamski** » Sat Jan 01, 2011 9:17 pm

Splitpin wrote:
QUOTE (Splitpin @ Jan 1 2011, 09:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Those are all feeware from the HJG site...you have to download base packs, panels (no vc) and sounds.....takes forever....i just grab the aircraft and fly it from the outside

Sounds a bit like "doing the POSKY dance"

... I chickened out and went for discounted payware - Captain Sim.

by **Splitpin** » Sat Jan 01, 2011 9:35 pm

Adamski wrote:
QUOTE (Adamski @ Jan 1 2011, 10:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Sounds a bit like "doing the POSKY dance" ... I chickened out and went for discounted payware - Captain Sim.

HJG Have a huge range of aircraft.....great repaints, a lot by Tony Madge

......just found some ANZ DC-8's.

by **Naki** » Sun Jan 02, 2011 11:38 pm

Splitpin wrote:
QUOTE (Splitpin @ Jan 1 2011, 09:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Naki....screenshot details

# 1 =E8C-...JSTAR
#2=VC-137B VVIP Transport
#3=VC-137A...Transport
#4=RC-135W ..."Rivet joint"
#5=RC-135U ..."Combat sent"
#6=NKC-135E
#7=C-135N
#8=KC-135E
#9=EC-135E
#10=E-3C ..Senrty (RAF)
#11=E-3D... AWACS
#12=NKC-135A ..Airbourne laser lab

I hope that makes sense.......

Cheers ..no 7 is a bit odd..looks VIP but no windows..maybe VIC (very important cargo)?

BTW the RAF is about to get Rivet Joints.

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