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Aircraft:
Boeing 747-409(LCF)
- Reg: N780BA full info | N780BA photos
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Serial #:
24310
- Airline: Boeing Company
- Photo Date: Jan 28, 2007
- Uploaded: Feb 02, 2007
- Taipei Taoyuan Int'l Airport - RCTP, Taiwan
The second photo of this newly converted LCF. In this photo, you can see plenty of detail including some strange vents and things towards the back of the plane. Anyone have any ideas what these are? They almost look like anti-terrorism counter measures!! Also I understand that the APU for this aircraft has been moved to the front of the aircraft instead of the tail because of difficulty with wiring and pipes through the swing tail. You can see there is a flap inside the old APU exhaust but why not remove it altogether?
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The second photo of this newly converted LCF. In this photo, you can see plenty of detail including some strange vents and things towards the back of the plane. Anyone have any ideas what these are? They almost look like anti-terrorism counter measures!! Also I understand that the APU for this aircraft has been moved to the front of the aircraft instead of the tail because of difficulty with wiring and pipes through the swing tail. You can see there is a flap inside the old APU exhaust but why not remove it altogether?Camera
Canon EOS 30D | Canon 100-400L IS Show Exif data-
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- Reg: N780BA full info | N780BA photos
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Aircraft:
Boeing 747-409(LCF)
- Airline: Boeing Company
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Serial #:
24310
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Taipei Taoyuan Int'l Airport - RCTP
- Taiwan
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There is no APU for this aircraft, so the flap is a cover for original APU exhaust, and the aircraft is not pressurized after sec 41, the vents are for venting of the cargo compartment only.
Lovely tumor on the 747! Looks bearable now that its painted. According to the Wall St. Journal, the LCF or 'DreamLifter' is to transport 787 'Dreamliner' parts, as its name implies, from suppliers all over the world. Many of which assemblies are originating from Japan.
That's a dam cool shot. Nice work Craig