747 with an air scoop???

Or was it maybe the flying telescope observatory?

it could also be a testbed version of the laser plane, or... is he sure it was
a 747 and not a Cobra Ball , Joint S.T.A.R.S. SAR or ELINT type plane?

"Scott Lowther" wrote in message
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My father drove across northern Nevada yesterday. At one point, a 747 in
USAF markings flew low across the highway coming in for a landing at an
airport (he does not remember exactly where). The 747 had a truncated
cockpit hump... and a large air scoop just behind that. Does this sound
familiar to anyone?


I'd like to think it was an in-flight LOX production plane, but it's
probably something more mundane. Anyone?





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