Looks like a Boeing MD-11: http://www.boeing.com/companyoffices/gallery/images/commercial/md11-03.html
It also looks like a FedEx plane and they have MD-11s in their fleet. On 6/6/08, Walter Hamler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not a 757. The plane in the pic has 3 engines (3 contrails). The 757 has 2. > Lots of retrofits going on in the aviation world with those winglets. > > Walt > > > On 6/6/08, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 6/6/08, Walter Hamler, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > > >OK, I printed Bill's full image at 10" on a piece of paper. Assuming > > >he was shooting with a standard 23.5 x 15.7 mm sensor, the image is > > >10.8X on the paper. Measuring the image size with a machinist ruler I > > >come up with an image size on the sensor of .033 inch. Assuming the > > >plane to be a DC-10, at 180 feet long, he was flying at 43000 ft. > > >That's probably pretty close. Now, I still haven't figured out the > > >pilots name but I'm still working on that !! > > >:-) > > > > NOT being a plane geek at all (Adam is best at that), may I offer that > > the plane in the pic is not a DC-10 as that type does not have winglets > > (visible in the pic). I think it might be a 757-200 :) But hey what's a > > few feet between friends as he actress said to the bishop.... > > > > (cue Mr Maas) > > > > -- > > > > > > Cheers, > > Cotty > > > > > > ___/\__ > > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > > ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com > > _____________________________ > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- <----------------------------------------------------> Perry Pellechia Primary email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Alternate email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Home Page: http://homer.chem.sc.edu/perry <----------------------------------------------------> -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
