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Irish Related Topics => Irish Aviation History => Topic started by: yeehah1 on November 10, 2005, 04:59:23 pm
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10-11-05
Hi guys.
Can anyone tell me what engines the Aer Lingus 707's had?
I know they had two color schemes and a hybrid scheme, but were the engines common to both?
I have some kits that I want to build a kit in Aer Lingus schemes and one of them is a 707 Conway engines. I have the MAXDecal sheet for the 707's and the drawings contained thereon do not seem to depict Conways under the wings.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Liam
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Working from memory, the 707s had PW engines, the 720s may have had Conways though.
IAS
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Does this help?
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The photographer of this pic says the engines are JT3-C's Does that help you? NB look at all the birds on the tail ( crows ) BTW he also mentiones that the AC had engines on yet the birds didnt move!
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St Enda. Different Engines?
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The Aer Lingus-ordered 707s were series 348Cs, with P & W JT-3D turbofan engines. I would suggest a search on www.airliners.net, where there are several pictures of these 707s. The RR Conway engines were confined to just a few operators - from memory BOAC, Lufthansa, VARIG and Air India, though all of these later also bought the Pratt & Whitney variants and indeed operated these well after withdrawal of their Conway machines, which were not fitted with the more refined wing of the -320B/320C series.
Determining the differences between the different 707 models is not that easy, as they were several built which were tailored to the requirements of particular operators - most notably the shortened series 138s developed exclusively for Qantas.
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And here is a very good on-line guide to the many variations on the 707 theme - aimed particularly at modellers.
http://www.airlinercafe.com/page.php?id=72
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11-11-05
Dear Short-finals
Thanks man, you're a star!!
Liam