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Irish Related Topics => Irish Air Corps => Topic started by: Dublin Spotter on November 03, 2004, 11:35:48 am
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I was wondering what the largest aircraft to visit the "Don" has been. By largest I mean by way of MTOW (Max Take off Weight)
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I believe it was the C124 Globemaster II. Several of them took troops down to the Congo.
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A Boeing 707 visited BAL in the late 90s - would it have had a greater mtow than the Globey?
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A quick Google search throws up the following stats on the MTOW of large types that have landed at Baldonnel:
Boeing 707-320B MTOW 333,600lb
C-124 MTOW 216,000lb
CL-44 MTOW 210,000lb
Of course the 707 that visited EIME was probably empty, so the comparison is to a degree academic.
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Just got home and grabbed a look at the Air Corps book. It states that the C124 was the largest plane ever to land at Baldonnel.
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'Biggest thing I have ever seen wiv my own mince pies was a Royal Danish C-130J, there about 10 weeks ago.
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biggist i have seen would be a USN P-3