Name that Boeing.

Here is my submission

originally posted by: Sammamishman
a reply to: F4guy

Bingo! For extra credit, what's the pod above the windscreen?

It looks like a FLIR head.

originally posted by: TripSquared314

Here is my submission

Boeing Pelican, but it never was produced.

originally posted by: Sammamishman
a reply to: Imagewerx

How about another. Zaph I know you know this one.

YC-14.

originally posted by: Imagewerx

originally posted by: F4guy

originally posted by: Imagewerx

originally posted by: Sammamishman
a reply to: Imagewerx

....or how about this one:

Is it the grotesque lovechild of a 707 and a Pilatus Turbo Porter?

No, it's a Boeing 720 being used as a testbed for a Pratt & Whitney Canada PT-6 turboprop.

So I was right about the engine from a Turbo Porter

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Maybe, maybe not. The Turbo Porters I flew out of Thailand were powered by the Turbomeca Astazou engines. The PT-6 was used on various B models and not the As

a reply to: F4guy

It was the relocated radar from the nose.

a reply to: Zaphod58

C-17 was a descendant of the YC-15. They even pulled it from Pima Air museum,and restored it to flying condition. I don't remember what happened but it didn't end up working out well for the YC-15.

a reply to: Stngray

The -15 that went to Pima was restored to flight and used to support the C-17 program until it suffered significant damage during a flight. It's at Edwards.

Instead of moving the other to Pima, which was right by where it was stored, it was destroyed in place.

a reply to: Zaphod58
I remember taking a bus tour of DM and seeing the other one. Last time I was at Pima they still had the YC-14 sans engines.

a reply to: RadioRobert

YB-40

Name it?

O.K: I dub it the Boeing Boing! Boing!

a reply to: Imagewerx

So anyway, shortened history lesson as I can't get on my laptop right now to do it right.

The E-6 has two Trailing Wire Antennas. One is stowed in the aft fuselage, the other is that red piece under the vertical fin. In flight they extend several miles behind the aircraft. When they want to send a message to the sub the entire wire, plus the metal cone on the end becomes the antenna for the signal.

The EC-135 used to have one under the fuselage near the main landing gear. The E-4 utilizes them as well.

a reply to: Zaphod58

I wonder how many times those antennas broke off and took power out to small town America or ended up at the bottom of the ocean? I can imagine the drag on those things is immense.

I can picture some poor linesman trying to figure out where an extra miles of wire came from.

a reply to: Sammamishman

We lost a few. They're a serious pain in the ass to replace. It trails out to over 6 miles behind the aircraft in flight.

a reply to: Zaphod58

Is their some sort of quick release / explosive bolts in place to deal with a snag or failure of some kind?

a reply to: Bfirez

There was a disconnect system near the spool. Which was why we had to change a few. Heh.

a reply to: Zaphod58

Any interesting stories as to how they got lost, or all they all boring "the damn thing just broke"?

originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: Sammamishman

We lost a few. They're a serious pain in the ass to replace. It trails out to over 6 miles behind the aircraft in flight.

The problem with having to use such a low frequency and needing an almost comically long aerial.Thank god 'normal' communications on VHF and UHF only need aerials a meter or so long.