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Identify This A/C In SAV?

n126dl From United States of America, joined May 2010, 101 posts, RR: 0
Posted (2 years 6 months 2 days 8 hours ago) and read 8416 times:

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Just returned from SAV after sending my in-laws for two weeks in FRA via PHL with US. Saw an all-white 757 parked between Gulfstream and the FedEx ramp. Any ideas of why it might be there....from anyone who may be a southeastern spotter?

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IMissPiedmont From United States of America, joined May 2001, 6207 posts, RR: 42
Reply 1, posted (2 years 6 months 2 days 7 hours ago) and read 8322 times:

Did it by chance say Comtran of the vertical stabilzer ? If so it's a CIA aircraft.

What is it with all the "is there a possibilty airline X will.." threads? The answer it'll is possible.

aviationnut12 From United States of America, joined Feb 2007, 171 posts, RR: 0
Reply 2, posted (2 years 6 months 2 days 6 hours ago) and read 8240 times:

Flying out of SAV tomorrow morning...will see if i can get a decent picture.

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liedetectors From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 360 posts, RR: 0
Reply 3, posted (2 years 6 months 2 days 6 hours ago) and read 8236 times:

Quoting IMissPiedmont (Reply 1):
Comtran of the vertical stabilzer

You are thinking COMCO. I used to see it in here a bunch about 3-4 years ago. Kinda spooky to see it here. all the doors had padlocks on them.

If it was said by us, then it must be true.

KC135TopBoom From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 11738 posts, RR: 51
Reply 4, posted (2 years 6 months 2 days 6 hours ago) and read 8162 times:

It also could be a USAF C-32B. They are all white B-757-200s, with RR RB-211 engines, and used by the Sec. of State.

n126dl From United States of America, joined May 2010, 101 posts, RR: 0
Reply 5, posted (2 years 6 months 2 days 5 hours ago) and read 8126 times:

Quoting IMissPiedmont (Reply 1):
Did it by chance say Comtran of the vertical stabilzer ? If so it's a CIA aircraft.

Not sure, my eyes are old and tired and I left my camera at home with the good lens. Thanks for offering to get a decent pic, aviationnut12.

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474218 From United States of America, joined Oct 2005, 6340 posts, RR: 9
Reply 6, posted (2 years 6 months 2 days 5 hours ago) and read 8092 times:

Quoting liedetectors (Reply 3):
Kinda spooky to see it here. all the doors had padlocks on them.

How do you "padlock" the doors?

nwaesc From United States of America, joined Aug 2007, 3332 posts, RR: 9
Reply 7, posted (2 years 6 months 2 days 5 hours ago) and read 8032 times:

There are hasps (or loops) welded on either side of the seam, and you thread the lock through them. There's a tour group out of Detroit (Nomads?) that does the same thing with their A/C...

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474218 From United States of America, joined Oct 2005, 6340 posts, RR: 9
Reply 8, posted (2 years 6 months 2 days 4 hours ago) and read 7980 times:

Quoting nwaesc (Reply 7):
There are hasps (or loops) welded on either side of the seam, and you thread the lock through them. There's a tour group out of Detroit (Nomads?) that does the same thing with their A/C...

Ask as stupid question and get a ...!

Are these hoops, welded to either side of the seam, covered by a OEM service bulletin, STC or do all 757's have them?

JAGflyer From Canada, joined Aug 2004, 3328 posts, RR: 4
Reply 9, posted (2 years 6 months 2 days 3 hours ago) and read 7665 times:

Why would a tour group or COMCO aircraft need padlocks on the doors?

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packcheer From United States of America, joined Nov 2008, 323 posts, RR: 0
Reply 10, posted (2 years 6 months 2 days 1 hour ago) and read 7133 times:

Quoting JAGflyer (Reply 9):
Why would a tour group or COMCO aircraft need padlocks on the doors

So that someone who has hijacked a jetway or airstairs at that particular airport can not get inside the door

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thrufru From Marshall Islands, joined Feb 2009, 190 posts, RR: 0
Reply 11, posted (2 years 6 months 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 4825 times:

Locks on aircraft doors are not uncommon at all. They are frequently found on GA aircraft, less so on transport category equipment, though. My company padlocks all doors that are accessible from the ground (cargo and A & E bays) when the aircraft (738s or 734s) is left unaccompanied for any length of time. As the boarding doors, window exits and F/O's escape window need lifts or stairs to reach, they are considered secure.

Locks pass through a small loop that extends through the door handle preventing it from being pulled out and rotated. It is a very simple method. I am unfamiliar with any aircraft having the type of securing device (ie: a loop on the door and one on the fuselage) mentioned above.

g38 From United States of America, joined Oct 2009, 210 posts, RR: 0
Reply 12, posted (2 years 6 months 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 1325 times:

The C-141 at the Museum of the USAF in Dayton, OH has the doors padlocked in this manner. I remember wondering about it at the time, but then it is a museum piece.

IMissPiedmont From United States of America, joined May 2001, 6207 posts, RR: 42
Reply 13, posted (2 years 6 months 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 1275 times:

Quoting liedetectors (Reply 3):
You are thinking COMCO

Right you are, it used to be here in TUS often but I haven't seen it in a year or so.

What is it with all the "is there a possibilty airline X will.." threads? The answer it'll is possible.

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