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Post by alex94 on May 16, 2014 17:47:28 GMT
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Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on May 16, 2014 20:07:18 GMT
The first one appears to be a standard HJG B707-120B or 120BF (looks like this particular was once/possibly a NORTHWEST operated B707-120B that was maybes later converted for military/government VIP use) .... BUT .... in order to be authentic ("IF" done) it might also require a 3D model featuring S2HK (stage 2 hush kit) modified engines .... which we do not, currently, offer among our otherwise extensive B707-120B model inventory. The second one looks "pretty much" to be the same as the 1981 USAF VC137-C livery which is already offered by HJG .... in the "VC137" section of our downloads page ....  Mark C AKL/NZ |
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Post by raptor6221 on May 17, 2014 7:21:40 GMT
USAF serial number was never a Northwest bird, muchless an airliner.
She was originally VC-137A with J-57 engines and was re-engined with TF-33's to then become a VC-137B. She was assigned to the 89th AW as a presidental transport. She was one of three such aircraft to bear the VC-137B desigination.
HJG has this serial on hand in her livery as one of the "Air Force One" liveries, so hush kits are not necessary to be "correct".
The paint he is wishing to see is the livery the VC-137B were painted in after the VC-137C's were added to the 89th AW for presidental transportation duties. They were used for the VIP role and painted in a more austere livery. She used the call sign Freedom One twice in her service after being replaced with the "C" models. She has a very proud and historic heritage, and currently resides at the Pima Air and Space Museum.
It would be a honor to have this paint done to honor her acheivements that she has accomplished.
I would put her signifigance up there with one C-141A that did a very similar mission. Her name was the "Hanoi Taxi". She was saved from the scrap yard by one inquisitive airman who worked on her...
From Airliners.net:
58-6971 (cn 17926/40) This aircraft used the call sign "Freedom One" twice, once in 1981 while bringing back the hostages who had been held in the U.S. embassy in Iran and then again a decade later when she brought back former POW's from Operation Desert Storm. Used by past Presidents: Dwight D. Eisenhower John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard M. Nixon. Powered by 4 Pratt & Whitney TF33 (JT3D-3) turbofans. Pima Air and Space Museum.
Raptor
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Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on May 17, 2014 22:43:19 GMT
It was the "B707-153" aircraft type description .... below the photo .... which made me think of NORTHWEST .... since I thought "53" was the Boeing designator for the airline. Upon checking .... I see that the NW designator was actually "51"  S'pose I should have known better  .... especially considering I spent 2 days at the PIMA AIR & SPACE MUSEUM, in Tucson, Arizona, and walked right around this particular/very aircraft on both days .... during June of last year As for the engines .... The font-end of each nacelle certainly looks to be a bit longer that that of either the standard P&W JT3D or military TF33 fanjet engine .... as fitted to civil B707's and military C135 (type) aircraft .... hence my comment regarding hush-kits. Mark C AKL/NZ |
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