ernokaikkonen 0 #1 February 10, 2003 What plane is in the pic? http://www.enclave.com/cgi-local/if/imageFolio.cgi?action=view&link=Exits&image=jump51.JPG&img=&tt= Suggestions so far include: -G222 -C160 Transall -C130 edit to add picture of a C-130. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fool 0 #2 February 10, 2003 can't help you with what it is, but I can tell you it is not a C130. They have 4 engines, not two. S.E.X. party #1 "Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "f*#k, what a ride". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyhi 24 #3 February 10, 2003 WAG - Fairchild C-123 Provider? Shit happens. And it usually happens because of physics. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Faber 0 #4 February 10, 2003 and it aint a Cessna 182t,it have only one Stay safe Stefan Faber Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilotdave 0 #5 February 10, 2003 Looks like a C160 to me. I dont think any G222s have been built, have they? And its not a C-130 with only 2 engines. C-160 Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zeemax 0 #6 February 10, 2003 a big scary imposing looking one?Phoenix Fly - High performance wingsuits for skydiving and BASE Performance Designs - Simply brilliant canopies Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveMonkey 0 #7 February 10, 2003 Pics of G-222 ____________________ Say no to subliminal messages Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilotdave 0 #8 February 10, 2003 Whoop, guess it has been built. Isn't that the program that was cancelled or am I thinking of something else? Time for my 8am class..... UGH! Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #9 February 10, 2003 Your thinking something else, G222s definitely fly, I've jumped one.... I'm thinking C130, with the inboard engines obscured by the foreground jumpers. We suspect the pic was taken in Scandinavia, I'm guessing Swedish Herc boogie.....-------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ernokaikkonen 0 #10 February 10, 2003 Quote Looks like a C160 to me. I dont think any G222s have been built, have they? And its not a C-130 with only 2 engines. Attached is a pic of a C160 Transall. Doesn't look the same to me. The fisheye makes it difficult to judge though. The C130-theory states that the jumpers are covering the inboard engines... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fool 0 #11 February 10, 2003 I would have to say C160...here's why. S.E.X. party #1 "Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "f*#k, what a ride". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #12 February 10, 2003 No underwing fuel tanks?-------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fool 0 #13 February 10, 2003 Here's a 130.... edited to add the picture. S.E.X. party #1 "Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "f*#k, what a ride". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ernokaikkonen 0 #14 February 10, 2003 >WAG - Fairchild C-123 Provider? I don't think so. There are no things and widgets(tm) under the wing. The tail of the mystery aircraft is saying "C-130" to me, are there other aircraft with similar tails? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Faber 0 #15 February 10, 2003 QuoteI'm guessing Swedish Herc boogie igues not.. http://www.herculesboogie.com/02/eng/gallery/index.htm Stay safe Stefan Faber Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #16 February 10, 2003 Aye Stefan, but that is just the official site of last year's action. The pic in question is from Jussi Laine, who is Finnish.-------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Faber 0 #17 February 10, 2003 you were guesing at Sweedish Hercules Boogie,as far as i know its the same plane evry year,and they can only use it evry 2 year and only to that Boogi. Never heard about a Finnish thatbigplaneboogi.I live in Denmark,and we usaly hear about sush an event in Scandinavia. Stay safe Stefan Faber Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Faber 0 #18 February 10, 2003 Sorry looked at the pic,its from 98,before i started..Cant tell then.(Hercules boogi actualy goes in rigth# years).But has been told its the same plane each year. It then could be in Sweden i gues Stay safe Stefan Faber Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pack40 0 #19 February 10, 2003 G-222 / C-27 Spartan maybe G-222 is a STOL transport deigned and produced in accordance with the NATO requirement for a V/STOL transport. After the requirement was abandoned the G-222 became a more conventional design, looking like a smaller, twin-engined C-130. It is considered as one of the most successful medium range transprts.The USAF bought 10 of these planes and operated them as the C-27 ?Spartan?. It was acquired by the USAF to meet Air Force requirements for a rugged, medium size airland transport. The aircraft is particularly suited for short-to-medium range tactical operations into semi-prepared airfields as short as 600 meters. The G-222 is an all-weather, day/night transport with capabilities to perform medical evacuation missions. It can carry 24 litters and four medical attendants, or 34 ground troops. It has a cargo capacity of more than 54 cubic meters, or 5,400 kg. http://www.tayyareci.com/digerucaklar/italya/g222.as p http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/c-27.htm http://www.lmaeronautics.com/products/airmobility/c-27/ OVER Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jdhill 0 #20 February 10, 2003 IMO, its a C-130... The two inboard engines are blocked from view by the jumpers... The tail section is the give-way. It does not match the 123's, 160's, or the 222's. Also, the 160 does not have the underwing fuel tanks that are standard on all 130's JoshAll that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. - Edmund Burke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Craig 0 #21 February 10, 2003 It HAS to be a C-130. Everything is pointing that way. It cannot be a C-160, look at the main gear wells. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sinker 0 #22 February 10, 2003 This is most definately a C-130. Jumpers blocking, underwing tanks in the right locale. And look at the shape of the end of the fuselage aft of the elevator. -the artist formerly known as sinker Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,417 #23 February 10, 2003 >There are no things and widgets(tm) under the wing. On the C123BK, those 'widgets' are jet engines. The Eloy C123 had two radials and two jets; loudest things I've ever heard in my life. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fool 0 #24 February 10, 2003 Quote Also, the 160 does not have the underwing fuel tanks that are standard on all 130's I have become convinced that it is indeed a 130, but not all 130's have the underwing tanks. I posted a picture of one without them on this thread even. S.E.X. party #1 "Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "f*#k, what a ride". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jdhill 0 #25 February 10, 2003 QuoteI have become convinced that it is indeed a 130, but not all 130's have the underwing tanks. I posted a picture of one without them on this thread even. OK, standard on most 130's. JoshAll that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. - Edmund Burke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites