What was that airplane?

Corky

Could it have been a Lockheed C-140, Jet Star? They were basically
straight winged birds and had four engines mounted on struts off the
rear sides of the fuselage.

With the four engines the bird had a strange sound. Probably not in
perfect sync?

Bird was expensive to operate so never caught on outside the VIP
flight at Andrews.

Was bigger than a Gulf Stream , Lear or Saber Liner. 41,000 lbs

Million plus a copy in early 60's

Would guess there may be a few still flying?

Big John


On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 14:58:42 -0400,
wrote:

Two weeks ago I was down in NJ visiting the inlaws. They live in
Cedar Grove, and there is normally a LOT of airplane activity overhead
from Kennedy, Laquardia and Newark, beside Caldwell and a few other
airports nearby.

While I was sitting out on the back deck enjoying the sunshine and
warm temperatures I heard an unusual sounding engine noise. I looked
up and saw a sleek white airplane buzz by with what appeared to be two
turboprops mounted on pylons off the rear of the fuselage. I couldn't
tell for sure but I assumed that the buzzing sound was a result of the
props being at the rear of the pylons. It was moving quickly and I
only got a glimps of it.

Anybody know that that was?

Thanks, Corky Scott

The importer of those is based at Sky Manor airport very near to me. There
is a good diner on the field, and the last time I stopped in there for a
$100 burger two of them were parked there. Interesting plane, but I gather
the useful load is a bit low. Looks like it's built like a tank, though.

--
Bob (Chief Pilot, White Knuckle Airways)

I don't have to like Bush and Cheney to love America

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On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 16:47:27 +0000 (UTC),
(Paul Tomblin) wrote:

This one:
http://xcski.com/gallery/osh_seaplanes/143_be103_2
(hit the button a few times for more views)

That's definately the configuration of the airplane I saw. Didn't see
the blue paint but like I said, it was moving fast and somewhat
blocked by the trees.

Corky Scott

On Sat, 1 May 2004 21:41:42 -0400, "Bob Chilcoat"
wrote:

The importer of those is based at Sky Manor airport very near to me. There
is a good diner on the field, and the last time I stopped in there for a
$100 burger two of them were parked there. Interesting plane, but I gather
the useful load is a bit low. Looks like it's built like a tank, though.


I saw a couple of those at Sky Manor last month. They have a used one
for sale there and I went to look at the sale sign in the
window...$650,000. Wife said no.

Rich Russell