Thread: C-17/c-117
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Old 03-13-2010 | 03:12 PM
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From: FAA 'Flight Check'
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Originally Posted by mosteam3985
Well I am one to laugh at my own mistakes but if you yourselves go to google images and type in C-17 and C-117 it will show the same types of aircraft. Apparently a lot of people out there are mislabeling them.

Here

Google Image Result for http://gallery.photo.net/photo/3551156-md.jpg


and here

Google Image Result for http://www.nationalufocenter.com/artman/uploads/c-117flaredropcharlestonocean.jpg

and here

Google Image Result for http://www.defencetalk.com/pictures/data/3111/medium/c117-002.jpg




Im not an idiot so I was wondering what the differences were. Apparently all of these are labeled wrong. I DID google search it. That's why I was asking. I thought maybe there was an engine difference or something. I didn't realize they were two planes from two different era's.

Sheesh

P.S. I believe that last link isn't even a C-17. It's a C-5.

Thanksverymuch
mosteam -

You make a good point, and as you learned for yourself concerning the final link you provided - you can't trust everything you read (or hear) on the internet.

What you didn't do was go to the MECCA of information - Wikipedia
Wiki would have led you down the right path!

C-47 Skytrain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

C-17 Globemaster III - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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