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bizarrebananablast	Post subject: Any one know a huge 6 engine military aircraft?? Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 10:08 pm
FlightAware Member Joined: Sun May 06, 2012 7:54 pm Posts: 408	I saw 2 of them fly side by side at 30000ft, huge 6 separate turbofan engine planes, looked military If anybody has a possible idea or photo please replay to this topic. Thank you!!
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jimcander	Post subject: Re: Any one know a huge 6 engine military aircraft?? Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 8:09 am
FlightAware Member Joined: Mon Jan 23, 2006 5:00 pm Posts: 495 Location: KALB	Only flying six engined aircraft I know if is the AN-225 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An-225 And there's only one of those...
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bizarrebananablast	Post subject: Re: Any one know a huge 6 engine military aircraft?? Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 10:40 am
FlightAware Member Joined: Sun May 06, 2012 7:54 pm Posts: 408	There absolutely no way that was it, the plane was greyish green and there was 2 of them side by side, i could easily identify 6 separate contrails in the air.
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rw812	Post subject: Re: Any one know a huge 6 engine military aircraft?? Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 10:42 am
FlightAware Member Joined: Wed Jun 23, 2010 8:00 am Posts: 1582 Location: damiross.net	Can you provide more description? High or low wing? High or low tailplane? Color? Where was this seen?
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bizarrebananablast	Post subject: Re: Any one know a huge 6 engine military aircraft?? Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 11:07 am
FlightAware Member Joined: Sun May 06, 2012 7:54 pm Posts: 408	Swept back wing, greyish green, 6 turbo fan engines, flying at 30000ft over KDFW.
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davysims	Post subject: Re: Any one know a huge 6 engine military aircraft?? Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 12:03 pm
FlightAware Member Joined: Fri Oct 09, 2009 3:00 pm Posts: 472 Location: KMCW	Perhaps B-52s out of Barksdale AFB. A B-52 from a distance would appear to have 6 engines on a swept wing, as there are two pods with two engines on each wing, then another pod closer to the wingtip. Go to the wiki page to see what I am talking about. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress
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bizarrebananablast	Post subject: Re: Any one know a huge 6 engine military aircraft?? Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 2:44 pm
FlightAware Member Joined: Sun May 06, 2012 7:54 pm Posts: 408	Good thank you. Any other possibility's that you might have in mind please bring it up.
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w7psk	Post subject: Re: Any one know a huge 6 engine military aircraft?? Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 3:29 pm
FlightAware Member Joined: Tue Jan 16, 2007 2:00 pm Posts: 253 Location: KPAE	No other possibility. Either the single AN-225 that has 6 Engines, and there is only 1, or the BUFF. You more than likely saw 2 BUFFs going over. All other Aircraft I know of have 2, 3 or 4.
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