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"Super Guppy" at Heathrow?
Taxiing in on a just landed United flight at LHR a few weeks
ago, I caught a quick glimpse through a window across the cabin of what looked (to a non-expert) like a semi-derelict small-sized "Super Guppy" parked off by a big hangar: fat fuselage, three engines (one huge one up in the tail), faded bile-green color, what looked like big rust streaks running around the fuselage. What might I have been seeing? |
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"Super Guppy" at Heathrow?
"AES" wrote in message
... Taxiing in on a just landed United flight at LHR a few weeks ago, I caught a quick glimpse through a window across the cabin of what looked (to a non-expert) like a semi-derelict small-sized "Super Guppy" parked off by a big hangar: fat fuselage, three engines (one huge one up in the tail), faded bile-green color, what looked like big rust streaks running around the fuselage. What might I have been seeing? The mock aircraft used by the Fire Brigade for training purposes? -- JohnT |
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"Super Guppy" at Heathrow?
"JohnT" wrote in message ... "AES" wrote in message ... Taxiing in on a just landed United flight at LHR a few weeks ago, I caught a quick glimpse through a window across the cabin of what looked (to a non-expert) like a semi-derelict small-sized "Super Guppy" parked off by a big hangar: fat fuselage, three engines (one huge one up in the tail), faded bile-green color, what looked like big rust streaks running around the fuselage. What might I have been seeing? The mock aircraft used by the Fire Brigade for training purposes? -- JohnT I'll concur with that. Is this the beast? http://aviation-safety.net/photos/di...0&vnr=1&kind=F |
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"Super Guppy" at Heathrow?
On Jun 29, 3:40 pm, AES wrote:
Taxiing in on a just landed United flight at LHR a few weeks ago, I caught a quick glimpse through a window across the cabin of what looked (to a non-expert) like a semi-derelict small-sized "Super Guppy" parked off by a big hangar: fat fuselage, three engines (one huge one up in the tail), faded bile-green color, what looked like big rust streaks running around the fuselage. What might I have been seeing? I'm pretty sure you saw the fire training mockup. It looks like a cross between a short 747 and a DC-10 and is painted green. See the following pictu http://aviation-safety.net/photos/di...0&vnr=1&kind=F Eric |
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"Super Guppy" at Heathrow?
What might I have been seeing?
The mock aircraft used by the Fire Brigade for training purposes? I'll concur with that. Is this the beast? http://aviation-safety.net/photos/di...0&vnr=1&kind=F I'm pretty sure you saw the fire training mockup. It looks like a cross between a short 747 and a DC-10 and is painted green. See the following pictu Absolutely -- that's it. View was brief enough and obstructed enough that I didn't see the sign. Weird looking object -- was it ever a real aircraft? And, the front part of the fuselage looks so oversized, like a Super Guppy -- or is it maybe just a short stubby section chopped out of a much larger aircraft? Thanks for info. |
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"Super Guppy" at Heathrow?
"AES" wrote Weird looking object -- was it ever a real aircraft? And, the front part of the fuselage looks so oversized, like a Super Guppy -- or is it maybe just a short stubby section chopped out of a much larger aircraft? Thanks for info. It is made of fairly thick steel. They use some kind of fuel to catch it all on fire, depending what they want to practice, then spray out the fire, and enter the fuselage, when desired. -- Jim in NC |
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"Super Guppy" at Heathrow?
Morgans wrote:
"AES" wrote Weird looking object -- was it ever a real aircraft? And, the front part of the fuselage looks so oversized, like a Super Guppy -- or is it maybe just a short stubby section chopped out of a much larger aircraft? Thanks for info. It is made of fairly thick steel. They use some kind of fuel to catch it all on fire, depending what they want to practice, then spray out the fire, and enter the fuselage, when desired. There was a similar ship in Alice Springs. We were standing on the ramp there when they came and torched it off and then had the trucks come running up and put it out. |
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