What is this plane?

[es330td]

I saw a plane and am trying to determine if it is actually a real
plane and if so what it is.

I parked at FastTrack parking on Airport Road in Houston to take a
flight out of Hobby. Next door there is a plane currently being
repaired that unfortunately does not currently have an empennage (so
no tail number). This plane is a private jet with rather sizable
underwing fuel tanks and appears to have two sets of side by side
turbofan engines mounted just forward of the tail for a total of 4
engines. From the front this plane looks like ooOoo. The engines
themselves have been removed so the engine mountings are all that are
currently there. The plane has 6 passenger windows on each side. I
took some pictures with my camera phone and if I don't get an answer
I'll put them online.

Any ideas on what this plane is?

TIA

[es330td]

On Dec 14, 10:33*pm, es330td > wrote:

I hope the description is clear about the engines. The white painted
shells normally seen around engines are present, only the inside
turbine parts are missing so what is visible looks like two tubes
attached together.

[es330td]

Answering my own question...

This plane appears to be a Lockheed Jetstar II and the window count is
5, not six.

[Tech Support]

TIA

I'd bet money from ur description that it is a Jet Star made by
Lockheed..

Big John

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On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 20:33:29 -0800 (PST), es330td >
wrote:

>I saw a plane and am trying to determine if it is actually a real
>plane and if so what it is.
>
>I parked at FastTrack parking on Airport Road in Houston to take a
>flight out of Hobby. Next door there is a plane currently being
>repaired that unfortunately does not currently have an empennage (so
>no tail number). This plane is a private jet with rather sizable
>underwing fuel tanks and appears to have two sets of side by side
>turbofan engines mounted just forward of the tail for a total of 4
>engines. From the front this plane looks like ooOoo. The engines
>themselves have been removed so the engine mountings are all that are
>currently there. The plane has 6 passenger windows on each side. I
>took some pictures with my camera phone and if I don't get an answer
>I'll put them online.
>
>Any ideas on what this plane is?
>
>TIA

[es330td]

On Dec 14, 11:05*pm, Tech Support <> wrote:
> TIA
>
> I'd bet money from ur description that it is a Jet Star made by
> Lockheed..
>
> Big John
>
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>

Thanks for responding. I had never seen a plane with engines side by
side like that save the fast movers like the T-38/F-5, F-14, etc. and
those are all fuselage mounted rather than hung outside the body. I
definitely learned something new today.

[der gediegene dgs]

es330td wrote:

> I had never seen a plane with engines side by
> side like that save the fast movers like the T-38/F-5, F-14, etc. and
> those are all fuselage mounted rather than hung outside the body. I
> definitely learned something new today.

Really?

Vickers VC-10:
<http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Vickers_VC10_from_the_rear_arp.jpg>
<http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/0/8/8/1215880.jpg>

Ilyushin IL-62:
<http://www.civilaviation.eu/images/Ilyushin/IL-62_CCCP-86523.jpg>
<http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/7/2/4/1135427.jpg>

[Kingfish]

On Dec 15, 12:05*am, es330td > wrote:
> Answering my own question...
>
> This plane appears to be a Lockheed Jetstar II and the window count is
> 5, not six.

There's one based at my airport in CT. IIRC there's only about 50 or
so of them left flying.

[Darkwing]

"Kingfish" > wrote in message
...
On Dec 15, 12:05 am, es330td > wrote:
> Answering my own question...
>
> This plane appears to be a Lockheed Jetstar II and the window count is
> 5, not six.
>
>There's one based at my airport in CT. IIRC there's only about 50 or
>so of them left flying.


Aren't they known for being louder than hell?

[es330td]

On Dec 19 2008, 9:41*am, "Darkwing" <theducksmail"AT"yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Aren't they known for being louder than hell?

They are carrying 4 turbojet, as opposed to turbofan, engines so not
only does it use noisy engines but it uses 4 of them concurrently. My
guess is that it would sound like a fighter plane taking off.

[Robert Moore]

es330td wrote
> They are carrying 4 turbojet, as opposed to turbofan, engines so not
> only does it use noisy engines but it uses 4 of them concurrently. My
> guess is that it would sound like a fighter plane taking off.

Many, if not most of the original a/c were converted to use turbofan
engines, and all of the Jetstar II a/c were equipped with turbofans.

Bob Moore