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09-20-2009, 10:48 AM
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Vomit Comet
just wondering, has anybody done the Vomit Comet?
what aircraft types has been used as VC? i believe the Boeing 707 was used in the begnning, but it can't be operational now can it?
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09-20-2009, 12:03 PM
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i think either a 757 or a 767 are used for Vomit Comet training
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09-20-2009, 12:09 PM
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ok, how many have there been?
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09-20-2009, 12:13 PM
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maybe two, i am not sure, maybe our more NASA focused fans would know
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09-20-2009, 12:18 PM
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do you know if there are any significant differences between standard aircrafts and the comets, other than livery and interior?
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09-20-2009, 12:27 PM
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Sorry, i don't
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09-20-2009, 12:44 PM
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then i hope someboby knows, thanks rickstef
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09-20-2009, 02:13 PM
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Up until recently (the last 3-4 years), NASA's vomit comet duties were filled by the venerable C-135. The NASA folks I talked to last summer (at Johnson Space Center in Houston) said they have retired the C-135 and now use the smaller C-9. It's a modern variant of the DC-9 passenger aircraft
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09-20-2009, 04:58 PM
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I think there is a private company called zero-g(?) that sells zero-g rides in a 727. If anyone out there is a fan of mythbusters they were featured in an episode about moon landing myths.
Wayne
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10-04-2009, 08:33 AM
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The original Vomit Comet used form the 1960ties onwards was a converted Boeing KC-135 tanker. This s directly based on the original Dash80 Prototype. This series has a narrower fuselage - looking kind of eggish shaped when looking at it from the front - than the 707 airliner which was derived later from it. The 707 has a rounder fuselage to get more seats abreast, so I guess a 707 model can't be used to depcit the C-135 Vomit Comet. Check out the VC here:
Photos: Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker (717-100) Aircraft Pictures | Airliners.net and a 707 here. The AWACS planes are based on the 707 and not on the C-135 and therefore have the wider fuselage. Photos: Boeing E-3A Sentry (707-300) Aircraft Pictures | Airliners.net
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