What's This?

Attached file should open into Google Earth, if you have it installed.

It's tagged as a cruise missile but the "wings" look a little too short.
It's flying in an apparently straight line across Utah, USA.

Looks like a 737 with dark wings. Exhaust trail behind indicates 2
engines - fuselage mounted.

On Mon, 5 Mar 2007 13:06:00 -0500, "Jim"
wrote:

Looks like a 737 with dark wings. Exhaust trail behind indicates 2
engines - fuselage mounted.

Except that the 737 has wing-mounted engines. Maybe it's the FBI's BAU
en route to another exciting episode of "Criminal Minds". Have you
noticed that wherever they go, there's always a black Chevy Suburban
waiting for them?

"Jim" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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Looks like a 737 with dark wings. Exhaust trail behind indicates 2
engines - fuselage mounted.



The 737 has wing mounted engines. The engines, if the two white spots are
engines, are very near to the wing roots. Thus I think it is a Gufstream IV.
See attached photo.

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Gruß Matze

"Matze" wrote in message
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"Jim" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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Looks like a 737 with dark wings. Exhaust trail behind indicates 2
engines - fuselage mounted.



The 737 has wing mounted engines. The engines, if the two white spots are
engines, are very near to the wing roots. Thus I think it is a Gufstream
IV. See attached photo.


Yes, I'm with you. Particularly in view of the fact that the bizjets with
fuselage-mounted engines tend to have the wings a long way back.

Comparing the image to the scale shown on Google Earth it appears that
the wingspan is @75Feet and the fuselage @97Feet. Those are just my
best guesses. The edges aren't very well defined on the image. Given
those sort of dimensions I don't believe this would qualify as a Cruise
Missile. For some comparison Airliners.net provided the following
dimensions.

Gulfstream IV is @78Foot Wingspan, @88feet in the Fuselage
DC9 is listed @90feet, @105Feet Fuselage
CRJ900 @82Feet, 120Feet
CRJ200 @70Feet, 87Feet

Location
N38 13 35 W112 17 56
What airways(air highways) are in the area? Looks like it may be
heading from Arizona to Salt Lake Utah. My Google Earth says the image
was from Digital Globe April 7, 2006.

There are several flights between PHX and SLC that use the CRJ series.
So my guess would be a regional tripper that just happened to be caught
in the act by the passing Sat.

So a few more pieces to the puzzle...oh and a little tracking map that
shows a route that appears to be through the same area.

GMan

I thing either DC-9 or B-727 with engines mounted on rear fuselage.
Rob

"Jim" wrote in message
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Looks like a 737 with dark wings. Exhaust trail behind indicates 2
engines - fuselage mounted.

NoJags Neil schrieb:
Attached file should open into Google Earth, if you have it installed.

It's tagged as a cruise missile but the "wings" look a little too short.
It's flying in an apparently straight line across Utah, USA.



Its an IVBM
Inter Village Ballistic Missile.
But the Guys from Circleville missed the airstrip in Juction, inflicting
some damage on a forestal road near Delano Peak instead.

NoJags Neil wrote:
Attached file should open into Google Earth, if you have it installed.

It's tagged as a cruise missile but the "wings" look a little too short.
It's flying in an apparently straight line across Utah, USA.




CJR Looks Like Delta Note the dark nose under, around the cockpit.

Maple1 wrote:
NoJags Neil wrote:
Attached file should open into Google Earth, if you have it installed.

It's tagged as a cruise missile but the "wings" look a little too
short. It's flying in an apparently straight line across Utah, USA.



CJR Looks Like Delta Note the dark nose under, around the cockpit.

Aurora stealth transport taking captured terrorists off to "Rendition"?

It lands at San Clemente Island, California, ever so often too.

Cheers,

Dave