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by **Splitpin** » Fri Apr 18, 2014 2:32 pm

In order :VC-137A (1958) VC-137B (1963) RC-135S (2003)

by **tomkilpatrick** » Fri Apr 18, 2014 2:44 pm

Great shots Marty! Love that #2

by **Ian Warren** » Fri Apr 18, 2014 2:54 pm

Number 1, So NZCH has a meeting with the C-135

by **Splitpin** » Fri Apr 18, 2014 3:22 pm

Thanks for looking gents.

by **Bugdani** » Fri Apr 18, 2014 7:39 pm

...and three more killers !!!

Love #1 with her colours!

Bug.

by **Splitpin** » Fri Apr 18, 2014 7:47 pm

Bugdani wrote:
QUOTE (Bugdani @ Apr 18 2014,7:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
...and three more killers !!!

Love #1 with her colours!

Bug.

Thanks Dani .... not so much screens , but just showing the variety of the type.... thanks for looking.

by **Adrian Brausch** » Fri Apr 18, 2014 11:22 pm

very nice Marty,..wonder why they painted the left and right wings on the RC-135S black and white ?...very odd !

by **Charl** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 9:22 am

An apocryphal tale:
Roadmarking a new road, the painting machine painted the yellow line straight over the top of a tortoise, slowly making its way across.
The tortoise survived, albeit with some added decoration.

The annual roadmarking contractor came long 3 years later and found a gap in the yellow line, assumed it was meant to be a gap, and painted a gap.
The gap persists to this day...

COBRA BALL RC135s carried infrared sensors on starboard, to track ICBM launches.
They painted the wing black to cut glare on the cameras.
The equipment is long gone, along with the need for the paint, but unit pride dictates they remain in that livery!
(Thank you Wiki)

What I don't always see: the KC135 is meant to have a smaller fuselage diameter than the 707 variants.
Yet they always look to me as if they are fatter, and bursting out of their skin!

by **Ian Warren** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 9:32 am

Adrian Brausch wrote:
QUOTE (Adrian Brausch @ Apr 19 2014,12:22 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
very nice Marty,..wonder why they painted the left and right wings on the RC-135S black and white ?...very odd !

That was done to stop flash on some variants with SLAR/Cameras , oversize glare shield.

Charl wrote:
QUOTE (Charl @ Apr 19 2014,10:22 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
What I don't always see: the KC135 is meant to have a smaller fuselage diameter than the 707 variants.
Yet they always look to me as if they are fatter, and bursting out of their skin!

The Classic change, the KC135 is a 717 but its not, in civil use then was call the 720 series ... Classic !

by **Adrian Brausch** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 12:37 pm

ah thankye gents

by **Splitpin** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 7:18 pm

Adrian Brausch wrote:
QUOTE (Adrian Brausch @ Apr 19 2014,12:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
ah thankye gents

There are more odd paints AB , but i cant get them to work at the moment .... in FSX anyway .... may have to cross over to the dark side and try.

by **zk2704** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 8:33 pm

Cool ones! Although military aviation isn't my style its still GREAT!

by **Splitpin** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 9:15 pm

zk2704 wrote:
QUOTE (zk2704 @ Apr 19 2014,8:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Cool ones! Although military aviation isn't my style its still GREAT!

Thanks dude

NZFF

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