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Saw something yesterday that I cant say I've seen before

Postby gtirob01 » Mon Dec 20, 2010 12:25 pm

Atleast seen before flying in person.

Heard a loud rumble in the distance coming from the local airport (KCEW) and them saw a somewhat large twin engine prop, cargo type aircraft. It was all gray and I didnt see any markings, but did notice an IR/camera pod under the nose. So it is likely a USAF aircraft.

After some searching I found that recently an old Convair CV-340 (C-131) had flown out of the same airport. But FlightAware had nothing about the one I saw yesterday.

I found this picture which is basically what it looked like... only it had the pod under the nose
http://flightaware.com/photos/view/1708 ... tes/page/1

Just thought it was cool to see something different!
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Re: Saw something yesterday that I cant say I've seen before

Postby patchz » Mon Dec 20, 2010 5:33 pm

Been a long time since I've seen one of those.
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Re: Saw something yesterday that I cant say I've seen before

Postby OVERLORD_CHRIS » Tue Dec 21, 2010 7:30 pm

Well on the right hand side of the USAF link there is a list with a pic of the planes maybe it is in there??
http://www.af.mil/information/factsheets/index.asp
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Re: Saw something yesterday that I cant say I've seen before

Postby Ivan » Sun Jan 09, 2011 8:02 am

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