You plane geeks are worse than train spotters... It's a plane, in the sky.
:-) Cheers, Dave 2008/6/7 Perry Pellechia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 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) -- 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.
