KC-97L

[Splitpin]

[Ian Warren]

Jimmy Jillickers, I remember driving this ten year plus back

[Charl]

FS9 does have these treasures to dig out again and again, doesn't it?
Turn 'n burn ... gosh it does rather have the bearing of a ship, the more you look at it!
That prow jutting out, Cap'n on the bridge above. Goodonya Mr. 'Pin

[Splitpin]

QUOTE (Charl @ Oct 30 2014,8:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

FS9 does have these treasures to dig out again and again, doesn't it?
Turn 'n burn ... gosh it does rather have the bearing of a ship, the more you look at it!
That prow jutting out, Cap'n on the bridge above. Goodonya Mr. 'Pin

Thank you Charl , i shall be revisiting this old girl again. Nice to get back to basics some times , to be honest , all this pre par , super X + extra (and then some) what ever, is just too much ... i just want to see an aircraft i like doing what it should do ... and that's flying , with a few fluffys in the background . Horses for courses i guess , but i prefer the horse as opposed to the course.
Thanks for looking.

[Olderndirt]

Way back when I was being paid by the USAF, that was the front line tanker - still looks impressive.

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (Olderndirt @ Nov 2 2014,6:03 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Way back when I was being paid by the USAF, that was the front line tanker - still looks impressive.

We never had the tanker variant but the USAFs C-97s was a visitor with the C-124s and US Navy C-121J here in Christchurch, guess one off the reasons I had to have A2As Stratocruiser, between the ages of 6 to 8 but these types stuck in my brain case because simply looked impressive.

[Roelio]

Are those... jet engines??

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (Roelio @ Nov 2 2014,8:59 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Are those... jet engines??

That is a regular feature with most aircraft of the era, the first they found it successful with was the Convair B-36 using four J-47 engines for extra boost with its six R4360 Wasp Majors, this setup was so useful it followed suit with the Lockheed Neptune and later with the KC-97.