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Name the Plane (?) (Please)

scotth6

scotth6

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HI,

I can't recognise this plane, can anyone offer a suggestion, or even better, a definitive answer? I was thinking it was a BBJ, but the wing chord and tail plane chord seem very large.

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Cheers,
 
it looks a bit like the Baade 152 a design of a jet airliner from the old East Germany. Looking at the picture again is it of a real aeroplane? The tail surfaces look improbable, more like from a missile. Does the original Google earth picture give the GPS coordinates?
 
This looks like a training spot for fireman. You have a Boeing 747 look-alike a AMS as well.

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The hull of that aircraft looks suspiciously like a Boeing 747. My guess is with marijn's observation, I have read about aircraft such as this being used for anti-terrorism training also.

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Thanks guys, I think you have all hit the nail on the head. It is taken at RAAF Base Pearce, and according to the net there is a mock 747 on the base which is used for counter-terrorism training. It has two inoperable engines and a fictional "Emu Airlines" livery. I actually read (briefly) about the mockup 747 before, but didn't connect the dots. It looks so much like a functional aircraft from the top view, apart from the tail plane.

Give yourselves a round of applause :encouragement:.

Cheers,
 
It's the same 747 Fuse and weird double-pod inboard engines that you will see on a hundred episodes of Top Gear. Nothing crazy. It has been in a bunch of movies. Just look for any movie using "Air Force One" on the ground and you will likely see that thing. It's been in a Bond movie and I think was in "London has fallen" at least.
 
There is a certain army unit based just down the road which "could" use that as a out of sight to public eyes to "possibly" conduct "counter terrorism" training

Its not for fire fighting training, the lack drains is a dead give away
 
jeansy said:
There is a certain army unit based just down the road which "could" use that as an out of sight to public eyes to "possibly" conduct "counter terrorism" training
Its not for fire fighting training, the lack drains is a dead give away
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You might well say that Matt but I can certainly make no comment.
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Its an interesting configuration. It looks to have two cockpits, one for storming a conventional fuselage and cockpit (A320, 737, etc) and another for an upper deck cockpit (B747, A380, etc.).
 

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BrittMac said:
It's the same 747 Fuse and weird double-pod inboard engines that you will see on a hundred episodes of Top Gear. Nothing crazy. It has been in a bunch of movies. Just look for any movie using "Air Force One" on the ground and you will likely see that thing. It's been in a Bond movie and I think was in "London has fallen" at least.
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I stand corrected. Oops. I think the pixilation of the first pic made me thing it had the double-pod engines like the thing parked that you see on Top Gear.

But, very interesting topic in any case. Neat find.
 
rpetty said:
Its an interesting configuration. It looks to have two cockpits, one for storming a conventional fuselage and cockpit (A320, 737, etc) and another for an upper deck cockpit (B747, A380, etc.).
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Thanks, that's a great pic. Good to see what it actually looks like.

Cheers,
 
Can not be a 747 for I work on them in Everett Wash. For one the wings are to short, second the 747 had 4 engines and the top section is to long and does not have front windows in it. I worked in the engineering dept. at the plant back in the 60's
 
Bobr2 said:
Can not be a 747 for I work on them in Everett Wash. For one the wings are to short, second the 747 had 4 engines and the top section is to long and does not have front windows in it. I worked in the engineering dept. at the plant back in the 60's
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You did the same thing I did I think. Read the whole thread and you will see what it is.
 
This is what the unit at Schiphol (Amsterdam) Airport, shown from the air in post 3 looks like on the ground.

The front should represent a 747 and the rear a MD-11. I had to dig for the pictures as they were taken during a training over 10 years ago....





 
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