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Seen at the airport.

Postby Heid the Ba » Mon Apr 28, 2014 9:27 am

My train runs past the perimeter of Edinburgh airport, past the end of the runway and the area where they park the planes that aren't going anywhere soon. You get odds and ends, the occasional military transport, private jet or helicopter (a dozen or so when the Open golf is nearby) and wayward or stranded commercial planes. Often nothing and rarely more than one.

This morning I saw what looked a lot like a DC3 but with different engines. On checking it is one of these. Not as old as I thought but from ground level when parked I did a proper double take.

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Re: Seen at the airport.

Postby Мастер » Mon Apr 28, 2014 9:31 am

Bloody awesome - can you take it out for a spin?
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Re: Seen at the airport.

Postby Heid the Ba » Mon Apr 28, 2014 9:50 am

I suspect not, it is probably full of all sorts of techie gubbins.
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Re: Seen at the airport.

Postby tubeswell » Mon Apr 28, 2014 5:59 pm

So they find old DC3 fuselages and stick new engines and wingtips on them?
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Re: Seen at the airport.

Postby Heid the Ba » Tue Jun 03, 2014 3:35 pm

A parked up United jet today, I hope for everyone's sake it never flies again.
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Re: Seen at the airport.

Postby Мастер » Tue Jun 03, 2014 3:41 pm

Heid the Ba' wrote:A parked up United jet today, I hope for everyone's sake it never flies again.


Any idea why it's there?
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Re: Seen at the airport.

Postby Мастер » Tue Jun 03, 2014 3:43 pm

Actually, it looks like they fly to EDI from Newark. A 757. Probably a Continental flight, before their merger with United.
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Re: Seen at the airport.

Postby Heid the Ba » Tue Jun 03, 2014 3:52 pm

Looked like a 757, it isn't normally there so probably waiting for a repair.
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Re: Seen at the airport.

Postby Heid the Ba » Wed Jun 04, 2014 8:16 am

Still there.
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