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Ual757 From United States of America, joined Sep 2006, 803 posts, RR: 4
Posted (12 years 9 months 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 1049 times:

I'm trying to figure out what plane I saw recently. It has 4 engines mounted on the rear fueslage, and seemed either german or russian. The 4 engines were doubled in a 2-2 configuration.

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TriStar From Belgium, joined Oct 1999, 848 posts, RR: 2
Reply 1, posted (12 years 9 months 3 days 6 hours ago) and read 1016 times:

Could be

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Photo © Axel Juengerich

I'm not an expert, but this is what a quick search in the A.N database turned up.
I hope it helps, anyway.

Best regards,

TriStar.

B767-400er From Hong Kong, joined Apr 2000, 290 posts, RR: 1
Reply 2, posted (12 years 9 months 3 days 6 hours ago) and read 1002 times:

It a russian Il-62. It's a 186 seater long haul aircraft with the engine layout the same as the Vc-10.

Tony,
B767-400er

Ual757 From United States of America, joined Sep 2006, 803 posts, RR: 4
Reply 3, posted (12 years 9 months 3 days 6 hours ago) and read 996 times:

that's the one! thanks! i've been spending the past hour searching the database for it, with no luck...the one I saw was a military one, in camo green, so I was searching there..

Ual757 From United States of America, joined Sep 2006, 803 posts, RR: 4
Reply 4, posted (12 years 9 months 3 days 6 hours ago) and read 990 times:

as a matter of fact, here it is:

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Trvlr From United States of America, joined Feb 2000, 4430 posts, RR: 24
Reply 5, posted (12 years 9 months 2 days 21 hours ago) and read 965 times:

That is actually the military version of the British Vickers VC-10. It has been claimed that Ilyushin, the Russian company that manufactures (manufactured?) the Il-62, copied their design from the VC-10. These planes are still in service with the British RAF as fuelers and troop transports, and possibly with a few other (probably commonwealth) nations.

Aaron G.

Continental From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 5476 posts, RR: 21
Reply 6, posted (12 years 9 months 2 days 16 hours ago) and read 946 times:

Did you see the plane at MSP? Cause I saw the same thing at MSP, while taxiing for takeoff in a Sun Country 727.

Regards,

Continental

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