C-117 BizJet

[Johnny[_2_]]

Heads up! As I drove by the Boeing Hangar in Long Beach CA, I notice a
Biz Jet variant of the Military C-117. It was painted in a purplish
pink/white scheme. The only lettering that I could make out was a
"Oman" as in the middle eastern country. I may be wrong on the country
as I did no see the full fuselage. The a/c is amongst several military
117's going into final delivery and can be seen from Spring Street.

Johnny

[Geoff Miller]

Johnny > writes:

> Heads up! As I drove by the Boeing Hangar in Long Beach
> CA, I notice a Biz Jet variant of the Military C-117.

That's *C-17.* The C-117 was the military version of the
Super DC-3:

http://www.rob.clubkawasaki.com/jas46.jpg

Also, a bizjet is a corporate aircraft along the lines of
a Learjet or a Gulfstream, not a commercial aircraft.


> It was painted in a purplish pink/white scheme. The only
> lettering that I could make out was a "Oman" as in the
> middle eastern country.

There's a picture of that airplane in the current issue
of one of the aviation-enthusiast magazines. You can
probably find it at your local Borders, Barnes & Noble,
etc. The aircraft is going to the Sultanate Of Oman Air
Force.

So why the airline livery? Your guess is as good as mine.
I suspect it's for reasons of national prestige. It isn't
every day that a nation as small as Oman acquires a strategic
airlifter like the Globemaster III.

It used to be that as was the case with heavy bombers, the
U.S. wouldn't even sell such aircraft to close allies. That
policy has clearly fallen by the wayside. As well as Oman,
Canada, Australia, and the RAF now operate the C-17.



Geoff

--
"The most used phrase in my administration if I
were to be President would be 'What the hell you
mean we're out of missiles?'" -- Glenn Beck

[whogoes]

"Geoff Miller" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> Johnny > writes:
>
>> Heads up! As I drove by the Boeing Hangar in Long Beach
>> CA, I notice a Biz Jet variant of the Military C-117.
>
> That's *C-17.* The C-117 was the military version of the
> Super DC-3:
>
> http://www.rob.clubkawasaki.com/jas46.jpg
>
> Also, a bizjet is a corporate aircraft along the lines of
> a Learjet or a Gulfstream, not a commercial aircraft.
>
>
>> It was painted in a purplish pink/white scheme. The only
>> lettering that I could make out was a "Oman" as in the
>> middle eastern country.
>
> There's a picture of that airplane in the current issue
> of one of the aviation-enthusiast magazines. You can
> probably find it at your local Borders, Barnes & Noble,
> etc. The aircraft is going to the Sultanate Of Oman Air
> Force.
>
> So why the airline livery? Your guess is as good as mine.
> I suspect it's for reasons of national prestige. It isn't
> every day that a nation as small as Oman acquires a strategic
> airlifter like the Globemaster III.
>
> It used to be that as was the case with heavy bombers, the
> U.S. wouldn't even sell such aircraft to close allies. That
> policy has clearly fallen by the wayside. As well as Oman,
> Canada, Australia, and the RAF now operate the C-17.
>
>
>
> Geoff
>
> --
> "The most used phrase in my administration if I
> were to be President would be 'What the hell you
> mean we're out of missiles?'" -- Glenn Beck
>


So, Australia isnt even a close ally.. Kevin Rudd will be interested!

[whogoes]

"Geoff Miller" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> Johnny > writes:
>
>> Heads up! As I drove by the Boeing Hangar in Long Beach
>> CA, I notice a Biz Jet variant of the Military C-117.
>
> That's *C-17.* The C-117 was the military version of the
> Super DC-3:
>
> http://www.rob.clubkawasaki.com/jas46.jpg
>
> Also, a bizjet is a corporate aircraft along the lines of
> a Learjet or a Gulfstream, not a commercial aircraft.
>
>
>> It was painted in a purplish pink/white scheme. The only
>> lettering that I could make out was a "Oman" as in the
>> middle eastern country.
>
> There's a picture of that airplane in the current issue
> of one of the aviation-enthusiast magazines. You can
> probably find it at your local Borders, Barnes & Noble,
> etc. The aircraft is going to the Sultanate Of Oman Air
> Force.
>
> So why the airline livery? Your guess is as good as mine.
> I suspect it's for reasons of national prestige. It isn't
> every day that a nation as small as Oman acquires a strategic
> airlifter like the Globemaster III.
>
> It used to be that as was the case with heavy bombers, the
> U.S. wouldn't even sell such aircraft to close allies. That
> policy has clearly fallen by the wayside. As well as Oman,
> Canada, Australia, and the RAF now operate the C-17.
>
>
>
> Geoff
>
> --
> "The most used phrase in my administration if I
> were to be President would be 'What the hell you
> mean we're out of missiles?'" -- Glenn Beck
>


So, Australia isnt even a close ally.. Kevin Rudd will be interested!

[Mike Henley]

"whogoes" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Geoff Miller" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>>
>> Johnny > writes:
>>
>>> Heads up! As I drove by the Boeing Hangar in Long Beach
>>> CA, I notice a Biz Jet variant of the Military C-117.
>>
>> That's *C-17.* The C-117 was the military version of the
>> Super DC-3:
>>
>> http://www.rob.clubkawasaki.com/jas46.jpg
>>
>> Also, a bizjet is a corporate aircraft along the lines of
>> a Learjet or a Gulfstream, not a commercial aircraft.
>>
>>
>>> It was painted in a purplish pink/white scheme. The only
>>> lettering that I could make out was a "Oman" as in the
>>> middle eastern country.
>>
>> There's a picture of that airplane in the current issue
>> of one of the aviation-enthusiast magazines. You can
>> probably find it at your local Borders, Barnes & Noble,
>> etc. The aircraft is going to the Sultanate Of Oman Air
>> Force.
>>
>> So why the airline livery? Your guess is as good as mine.
>> I suspect it's for reasons of national prestige. It isn't
>> every day that a nation as small as Oman acquires a strategic
>> airlifter like the Globemaster III.
>>
>> It used to be that as was the case with heavy bombers, the
>> U.S. wouldn't even sell such aircraft to close allies. That
>> policy has clearly fallen by the wayside. As well as Oman,
>> Canada, Australia, and the RAF now operate the C-17.
>>
>>
>>
>> Geoff
>>
>> --
>> "The most used phrase in my administration if I
>> were to be President would be 'What the hell you
>> mean we're out of missiles?'" -- Glenn Beck
>>
>
>
> So, Australia isnt even a close ally.. Kevin Rudd will be interested!
>
Oman IS a close friend of the US. In the early 80's, when carriers would sit
in the Gulf of Oman to protect shipping in the Persian Gulf, we would fly
ACM against the Oman fighter aircraft for practice, use the island of
Masirah as an emergency field, and fly medivac cases from Masirah back to
Germany on USAF C141's. In 1985 the Kitty Hawk would anchor off of Masirah
for maintenance "down days".

The Sultan has spent a lot of money buying military equipment (aircraft)
from GB and the US. Most of his pilots are ex-British pilots

[Mike Henley]

"whogoes" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Geoff Miller" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>>
>> Johnny > writes:
>>
>>> Heads up! As I drove by the Boeing Hangar in Long Beach
>>> CA, I notice a Biz Jet variant of the Military C-117.
>>
>> That's *C-17.* The C-117 was the military version of the
>> Super DC-3:
>>
>> http://www.rob.clubkawasaki.com/jas46.jpg
>>
>> Also, a bizjet is a corporate aircraft along the lines of
>> a Learjet or a Gulfstream, not a commercial aircraft.
>>
>>
>>> It was painted in a purplish pink/white scheme. The only
>>> lettering that I could make out was a "Oman" as in the
>>> middle eastern country.
>>
>> There's a picture of that airplane in the current issue
>> of one of the aviation-enthusiast magazines. You can
>> probably find it at your local Borders, Barnes & Noble,
>> etc. The aircraft is going to the Sultanate Of Oman Air
>> Force.
>>
>> So why the airline livery? Your guess is as good as mine.
>> I suspect it's for reasons of national prestige. It isn't
>> every day that a nation as small as Oman acquires a strategic
>> airlifter like the Globemaster III.
>>
>> It used to be that as was the case with heavy bombers, the
>> U.S. wouldn't even sell such aircraft to close allies. That
>> policy has clearly fallen by the wayside. As well as Oman,
>> Canada, Australia, and the RAF now operate the C-17.
>>
>>
>>
>> Geoff
>>
>> --
>> "The most used phrase in my administration if I
>> were to be President would be 'What the hell you
>> mean we're out of missiles?'" -- Glenn Beck
>>
>
>
> So, Australia isnt even a close ally.. Kevin Rudd will be interested!
>
Oman IS a close friend of the US. In the early 80's, when carriers would sit
in the Gulf of Oman to protect shipping in the Persian Gulf, we would fly
ACM against the Oman fighter aircraft for practice, use the island of
Masirah as an emergency field, and fly medivac cases from Masirah back to
Germany on USAF C141's. In 1985 the Kitty Hawk would anchor off of Masirah
for maintenance "down days".

The Sultan has spent a lot of money buying military equipment (aircraft)
from GB and the US. Most of his pilots are ex-British pilots