McGuire AFB (KWRI) 10/14/12 with special visitor!

[NWA DC9]

Did a little spotting on a family outing today and this is what my turnout was....
4 Different KC10s...
http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/vv140/NJTArrow2/CSC_1385_zpsfefab4d1.jpg
http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/vv140/NJTArrow2/CSC_1378_zpsccb04a31.jpg
http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/vv140/NJTArrow2/CSC_1386_zps78077e82.jpg
http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/vv140/NJTArrow2/CSC_1391_zpsca8b8eaa.jpg
http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/vv140/NJTArrow2/CSC_1398_zpsa8563a4b.jpg
Is that what I think it is?
http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/vv140/NJTArrow2/CSC_1400_zpsae93137c.jpg
ATI DC-8-62 N71CX one of if not the last "combi" in the world!
http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/vv140/NJTArrow2/CSC_1407_zps0b56f30c.jpg
http://i677.photobucket.com/albums/vv140/NJTArrow2/CSC_1414_zps81da9f01.jpg

[moose135]

They must do some military charter work. That aircraft was on static display at the McGuire open house a few years back.

[NickPeterman]

That is a regularly scheduled flight I do believe. It operates KWRI-KBWI-LPLA (Lajes Azores)-KBWI-KWRI.

I know this because I have tried to catch it many a time and never made the drive up to Baltimore, sadly

[NWA DC9]

Yeah It's ATI 720 or something like that and it took me 2yrs to finally catch it hahaha, But they only have one 62 series combine and it's usually a Stretch 8 that does the job.

[NWA DC9]

Actually it's not as rare as I thought it was, Just looked at flightaware and it shows that its been operating with the 62 for quite sometime now, I usually only go out that way during the fall and last year it was one of the DC-8-73s making the run. Anyway, here is the tracker for it on flightaware. http://flightaware.com/live/flight/ATN720

[megatop412]

Nice job with the -62! As Moose mentioned they had a Seventy series on static @ McGuire and we were able to see the inside:
http://media3.dropshots.com/photos/476411/20080601/001734.jpg

[NWA DC9]

Wow do they still fly the 70 series combi?

[PhilDernerJr]

The cool thing about those combi's is that the pax are in the BACK, separated from the flight deck but cargo.

[Matt Molnar]

Nice catch!

I got to see her in MIA a couple weeks ago (sadly I was on a bus and caught some window reflection under the wing).

http://www.nycaviation.com/newspage/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dc8combi-1024.jpg

[NWA DC9]

Nice! That has to be the 70 series combi because it has CFM-56s and not JT8Ds. :wink:

[727C47]

i saw that Combi depart Bahrain a few months back,a thing of beauty.