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Left abandoned outside a hangar to the elements, this huge cargo plane is slowly becoming overgrown with moss and algae, the dirt is streaking down its hull, and the crevices around the engines are being used as nesting sites by birds. \n\nThe plane is monstrous however, 4 gigantic propeller engines - 2 per wing - power what was obviously once a beast of an aircraft, the size easily allowing it to carry troops, supplies, even vehicles in its hold. \n\nNow it stands as a piece of aviation history, obviously disused and obsolete, the tech has been surpassed by more moden aircraft.
Turboprop engine of P-3C Orion
Beja Airport, Portugal: sonar buoys chutes - sonobuoys are used in anti-submarine warfare and submarine rescue - there are two main types, active buoys send out sonar pulses, which reflect off of the submarine, and the return is datal inked back to the aircraft, passive buoys listen for any radiated noise from the submarine contact -  hydrophone sensors and stabilizing equipment are below the water surface, the buoy relays acoustic information from its hydrophone via UHF/VHF radio to operators on board the aircraft - Lockheed P-3 Orion aircraft, a military derivative of the Lockheed L-188 Electra. Image obtained in a public non ticketed area.
KC-10 Extender is an air-to-air tanker aircraft. ( McDonnell Douglas KDC-10 )
A propeller-driven, four engine airliner built by Lockheed Corporation in 1943.  The first pressurized cabin civil airliner.
Powerful jet engine powered by SAF Sustainable Aviation Fuel for eco-friendly air transportation
Sea Vixen in clear blue sky over Poole Bay, English Channel, England.  De Havilland Sea Vixen twin boom tail, twin engine jet airplane used by the British Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy for flight from aircraft carriers in air defence during the late twentieth century
Royal Australian Air Force Boeing 707 tanker on hold before take off from RAAF Richmond. Richmond, Australia - November 27, 2005
Jet engine of small airplane
                               Women exits historic aircraft
Stormshadow and brimstone  air to ground  missiles under the wing of a Eurofighter typhoon fighter jet 20 july 2024 fairford england
Lockheed Constellation Passenger Airliner
Zeltweg, Austria - September 2, 2022: Identification emblem of the Chinese Air Force shown on a brand new Xian Y-20 military transport aircraft made in China
English Electric Canberra, first generation British cold war twin jet engine military bomber and  long-range, photo-reconnaissance aircraft in flight over Poole bay, English Channel in blue clear sky
An old cargo transport aircraft, the moss, staining, and streaks of dirt down its hull made some very interesting patterns. \n\nThe aircraft obviously had some military usage in its history, whether it carried troops, supplies, vehicles, or a combination of everything I don't know. The proboscis on the nose of the aircraft is for refuelling midflight, so it could fly extreme distances so long as tanker aircraft were available to refuel from.\n\nIt is a monolithic piece of engineering, and only standing on the floor under its wingspan do you get a real impression of how big these cargo planes now are, they're a feat of design and engineering, even when obsolete and left abandoned outdoors.
an airplane or aviation symbol, flying to transport goods and people
The rear fuselage and secondary door of a United States Air Force McDonnell Douglas KC-10A Extender plane, registration 84-0191, parked at Sydney Kingsford-Smith Airport.  Instructions are painted on the fuselage to preferably use the forward door.  This image was taken from Ross Smith Avenue, Mascot, on a hot and sunny afternoon on 13 January 2024.
Turboprop engine of P-3C Orion on static display at Portland Jetport.
Nose of C-5 Galaxy cargo plane
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Fairford, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom - July 7th, 2012: A pair of Hawk Aircraft of the Royal Air Force aerobatic display team - The Red Arrow roll down the runway at the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT)
Parts of a passenger plane.
Jersey, U.K.- September 11, 2013: Close up of the Swedish air force Saab Viggen Thunderbolt, part of the static air display at Jersey airport.
The fuselage insignia and part of the wing of a United States Air Force McDonnell Douglas KC-10A Extender plane, registration 84-0191, parked at Sydney Kingsford-Smith Airport. This image was taken from Ross Smith Avenue, Mascot, on a hot and sunny afternoon on 13 January 2024.
USA fighter aircraft outside panel
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