I was walking in the park and looked up and saw this: Thing on Air Force plane.
I don’t usually notice planes but it looked different from the normal jet going over.
Radar.
That’s an AWAC plane.
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I was walking in the park and looked up and saw this: Thing on Air Force plane.
I don’t usually notice planes but it looked different from the normal jet going over.
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It’s an Air Force E-3 Sentry AWACS jet based off the 707. The dish on back is a big honkin’ radar unit.
Here’s what Wikipedia says:
If you are talking about the disc on top, it is a RADAR system.
Brian
The aircraft is an E-3 Sentry. The large disk contains a radar antenna.
More on the E-3:
http://www.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?fsID=98
I know a guy that flew one of those, until he was discharged for a knee injury. Can’t work the rudder pedals with a bum knee.
I think that’s some kind of Radar-thing.
Cool, thanks! I’ve never seen one of those before.I figured it was probably some sort of radar or (I’ve heard of this) a hitchhiking engine, but aren’t those usually carried under the wing?
Boscibo, what on earth is a hitchhiking engine? Do you mean an engine that’s being transported as cargo?
Snakes!
I’m sick of 'em.
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The dish on back is a big honkin’ radar unit.
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Which can detach from the aircraft and fly into orbit to confuse the Klingons.
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Boscibo, what on earth is a hitchhiking engine? Do you mean an engine that’s being transported as cargo?
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An extra engine in a dummy pod, being transported to the destination, usually for another aircraft.
There are better pictures out there, but my search-fu is weak.
Going out on a limb here but I think its some sort of radar.
It’s Radar, by Duran Duran.
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Going out on a limb here but I think its some sort of radar.
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I’ll have to agree here, probably some form of AWACS
I believe it is a Radar In earth Orbit. Ortherwise known as RIO if that helps.
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I’ll have to agree here, probably some form of AWACS
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I’m thinkin’ rada…no Arbys!
As an aside, I had no idea that planes transported extra engines on the exterior of the aircraft, especially on the wing! Wouldn’t the plane tend to list to one side?