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Any ideas from what aircraft it comes?



Paul

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Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519)

Must be pretty large, the range goes up to 600,000 lbs gross weight

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Did a quick search & found it to be from a KC-10A.

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Robbie,

Are you sure as I read it should come from a possible WW2 crashsite in the Netherlands as the location where it's found was on the way to Germany...I'll try to get some more information.

Take care,

Paul

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Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519)

Do a Google search for "Plate Number AY67412". You will get a hit that leads to KC10A Minium Equipment List & Procedures. Go to Chapter 32, page 32-6, & it makes reference to this quick chart located on the aft gear door. I would have copied & pasted the page but it is a Adobe file & I couldn't copy it. I don't know squat about KC10's, but I am good at Google.
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Robbie,

I kinda figured it came off a DC10 or a variant of one. The weight wasn't high enough for a 747 and it was TOO high for most other types of aircraft. So, in my thinking it most likely came off a DC10/KC10. Also, having worked around DC10's alot the photo looked kinda familiar to the ones on the MLG doors. But I wasn't sure enough at the time to make my thoughts fodder for public scrutiny Yeah...I was chicken

Paul

Robbie & Paul,

Thanks for your answers. I checked it on Google in the meantime too and found the KC-10A information...I'm still waiting for a response on the exact location.

Have a great weekend !

Paul

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Robbie & Paul,

Just got word it was found in a field near the village of Opmeer (east of Alkmaar) the Netherlands. Near Opmeer a RAF Stirling crashed....

http://www.raf.mod.uk/ptc/n3654.html

Paul

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Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519)

The same data plate is on the commercial DC-10 strut. There was a Turkish Airline DC-10 crash just north-west of Paris in 1972 (cargo door opened in flight). The wreckage was spread over a wide area. Any chance this came from that incident?

Brian,

No way as this one was found in the Netherlands. The finding location was not at the RAF Stirling crashsite as this a/c crashed at the other side of the village of Opmeer. So it's still a big mystery how this plate found it's way to this field....


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