Ancient 747 in Bangkok neighbourhood...
Aug 29, 2011, 10:45 pm
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Ancient 747 in Bangkok neighbourhood...
I don't know if this has ever been posted about on here before, but thought I'd share. I was driving in the more outer reaches of Bangkok the other day (about 1.5 hours from the central area by car, but not as far as Suvarnabhumi), and I saw this 747 just sitting in a field beside the road. So bizarre, almost surreal.
Not my pics but it's got the story and you can see just how odd the surroundings are...
http://www.catandnat.com/pages/conte...-747-graveyard
Not my pics but it's got the story and you can see just how odd the surroundings are...
http://www.catandnat.com/pages/conte...-747-graveyard
Aug 30, 2011, 10:15 am
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Reminds of this plane I saw in Fairbanks:
http://www.schrock.org/photos/2009-a...CF6069.jpg.php
Not absolutely sure what it was, DC-3 maybe?
http://www.schrock.org/photos/2009-a...CF6069.jpg.php
Not absolutely sure what it was, DC-3 maybe?
Aug 30, 2011, 10:36 am
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No, it's not a DC-3 (note the nose wheel, tricycle landing gear).
It's not a DC-4 (they had round windows).
It looks to be shorter than a DC-7, so I'm guessing DC-6.
It's not a DC-4 (they had round windows).
It looks to be shorter than a DC-7, so I'm guessing DC-6.
Last edited by SoManyMiles-SoLittleTime; Aug 31, 2011 at 4:34 pm Reason: Oops. DC-4, not DC-3.
Aug 30, 2011, 10:43 am
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where is the video?
I don't know if this has ever been posted about on here before, but thought I'd share. I was driving in the more outer reaches of Bangkok the other day (about 1.5 hours from the central area by car, but not as far as Suvarnabhumi), and I saw this 747 just sitting in a field beside the road. So bizarre, almost surreal.
Not my pics but it's got the story and you can see just how odd the surroundings are...
http://www.catandnat.com/pages/conte...-747-graveyard
Not my pics but it's got the story and you can see just how odd the surroundings are...
http://www.catandnat.com/pages/conte...-747-graveyard
Aug 30, 2011, 11:16 pm
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The Lockheed Electra has a different front window configuration.
With the large cargo door in front, I'd wager that this is a -6A or -6B.
Sep 1, 2011, 10:28 am
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But like the OP with the 747, it was really kinda weird, just driving along a road, not near the airport at all, and just happened to run across it along the side of the road.
Sep 2, 2011, 10:51 pm
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Sep 8, 2011, 12:34 pm
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It looked to me like it wouldn't be too difficult to get in... I kinda wanted to explore myself. Except, being Bangkok, there might be some "snakes on the m***** f***** plane"!