The other day I saw an airplane near NSCB airport at Calcutta at a low altitude having two engines at its rear. What sort of airplane was it?
2007-12-07 17:23:21 · 12 answers · asked by sexy grandmother 4 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
How big was the aircraft? what airline? I'm going for 1 of the DC-9's because MD-80's are only operated by american airlines nowadays. It could have also been a CRJ but CRJ's are rather small and at a low altitude you may or may not be able to identify where the engines are on the plane. Of course theres always the possibility of it being a private jet...lol
2007-12-08 01:02:18 · answer #1 · answered by . 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, Northwest still operates MD-80's also.
The MD-80 evolved from the DC-9.
Later, the MD-80 evolved into the MD-90.
The last of the McDonnell Douglas twin jets was the MD-95 changed to 717 after Boeing bought out MD)
How do I know?
I've work at the McDonnel Douglas (later Boeing) plant in Long Beach, California where they were built for 28 years, building the MD-80/90/95-717.
2007-12-08 03:49:48 · answer #2 · answered by strech 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is created by a small jet engine inside the tail known as the APU, or auxiliary power unit. This engine is run when the aircraft is on the ground and its purpose is to turn an alternator and generate electricity for the plane's lights, air conditioning, tv's, etc. It is much more efficient than running the main jet engines to power the electronics. The smaller APU uses much less fuel and accomplishes the same task. It also serves for safety in case the main engines fail, the pilots will still have power for all their avionics and radios.
2016-05-22 03:09:55 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are many airplanes with two engines in the rear. If it was prop aircraft, proabley a beech starship. If it had jets, wow, the possiblites are huge. Any Dc9 variant (MD80/90's), any regional jet such as a Embraeir RJ, Dassualt Falcons, Lear jets, Beech jets, Citations, gulfstreams, hawkers...
How big was it, did it have a T tail, winglets, tip tanks?
2007-12-08 09:32:20 · answer #4 · answered by captsead0nkey 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Was a prop-jet? If so then:
Coulda been a Beechcraft Starship or mighta been an Avanti...(a particular lovely piece of Italian work that shoulda been more popular) Both have two rear mounted, pusher configeration PT-6's
If it was a pure jet...then coulda been many many things from an older DC-9 or MD-80 series or a B-717 or any one of numerous business jets
2007-12-08 05:03:13 · answer #5 · answered by helipilot212 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it was an airliner the most popular is the Canadair Regional Jet manufactured by Bombardier. It has a 50 to 100 seat capacity depending on the series.
2007-12-07 19:36:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could be any of many different ones, DC9, Fokker F28, Cessna Citation, Learjet an a few others
2007-12-07 21:30:25 · answer #7 · answered by Jan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it was prolly a dc9...they are a smaller airplane than u usually see. Usually you'll see a 747 or something bigger. Unless if you saw a personal jet, some rich man with big "cahounaaass" flashin his cash.
2007-12-07 17:28:45 · answer #8 · answered by goddess of the moon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well. i agree with some its either a DC9 and MD models for a sure aircraft that you saw try checking the links:
2007-12-07 20:04:51 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
DC9, MD80, or maybe a Bombardier CRJ.
2007-12-07 18:09:45 · answer #10 · answered by gromit801 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋