What would this be?

Hi guys need somehelp working out what has been flying round near my place.
I live on the North Coast of N.S.W Aus and has seen at night and once in the
day a large military transport flying bout , its biger than a C130,
propeller driven and has 6 engines. I know the C130 is the biggest we have
and i have not seen a 6 prop before.
Any help would be great.

"Graham" wrote in message
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Hi guys need somehelp working out what has been flying round near my
place.
I live on the North Coast of N.S.W Aus and has seen at night and once in
the
day a large military transport flying bout , its biger than a C130,
propeller driven and has 6 engines. I know the C130 is the biggest we have
and i have not seen a 6 prop before.
Any help would be great.

Didn't this get asked last year? I reckon it's a 4(four) engined flying boat
with floats on the wingtips which you are mistaking for engines.

HTH,
Nick

"Nick Pedley" wrote in message
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"Graham" wrote in message
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Hi guys need somehelp working out what has been flying round near my
place.
I live on the North Coast of N.S.W Aus and has seen at night and once in
the
day a large military transport flying bout , its biger than a C130,
propeller driven and has 6 engines. I know the C130 is the biggest we
have
and i have not seen a 6 prop before.
Any help would be great.

Didn't this get asked last year? I reckon it's a 4(four) engined flying
boat
with floats on the wingtips which you are mistaking for engines.

HTH,
Nick
Sorry mate a few people have seen this and all say shes got 6 engines
has seen it from not far and its has got 6 engines. A mate herd bout some
Rusian thing that might be out here on trial?

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"Graham" wrote:

Sorry mate a few people have seen this and all say shes got 6 engines
has seen it from not far and its has got 6 engines. A mate herd bout some
Rusian thing that might be out here on trial?

There have been very few six engine planes ever built, even fewer in the
last half-century, and only one or two of them would qualify as
"transports." Only one really big one had propellers, and it got broken
up for scrap before I was born.

More detail, please. For example: High-wing or low-wing monoplane?
Single or double tail? Cruciform or "T" tail? Turboprop or piston
engine? Tractor or pusher props? What color is it?

If it weren't for the "propeller" description, I'd start looking into
the whereabouts of one and only one aircraft: The Antonov-225. It's the
only big modern "transport" type plane with six engines that comes to
mind.

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Remember: Objects in rearview mirror may be hallucinations.
Slam on brakes accordingly.

"Chad Irby" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Graham" wrote:
There have been very few six engine planes ever built, even fewer in the
last half-century, and only one or two of them would qualify as
"transports." Only one really big one had propellers, and it got broken
up for scrap before I was born.


If you are referring to the Convair XC-99, it wasn't scrapped but is in San
Antonio, albeit in terrible shape.

Tex

"Graham" wrote in message
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Hi guys need somehelp working out what has been flying round near my
place.
I live on the North Coast of N.S.W Aus and has seen at night and once in
the
day a large military transport flying bout , its biger than a C130,
propeller driven and has 6 engines. I know the C130 is the biggest we have
and i have not seen a 6 prop before.
Any help would be great.



Possibly a KC-130. The KC-130 has only 4 engines, but the underwing pods
often are mistaken for engines.

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/kc-130-ifr.jpg
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/a...30-goingri.jpg

T!