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A7-MAM - Boeing C-17A Globemaster III, 10 Squadron, Qatar Emiri AF

A7-MAM on approach to London Stansted Airport (STN) from Al Udeid Air Base (XJD), Qatar.

Flight number LHOB243, flight time 8:22.

 

Model: C-17A Globemaster III

Manufacturer: Boeing

Year built: 2015

Serial number: 50275

Registration: A7-MAM

Operator: 10th. Transport Squadron, Qatar Emiri AF

Delivery date: 8th. March 2016

Crew: 2 pilots, 1 loadmaster

Length: 174 ft. (53 m)

Height: 55 ft. 1 in. (16.79 m)

Wingspan: 169 ft. 9.5 in. (51.755 m)

Wing area: 3,800 sq. ft. (350 m2)

Empty weight: 282,500 lb. (128,140 kg)

MTOW: 585,000 lb. (265,352 kg)

Cargo compartment: 88 ft. (26.82) long x 18 ft. (5.48 m) wide x 12 ft. 4 in. (3.76 m) high

Capacity:

170,900 lb (77,519 kg) of cargo distributed over 18 x 463L master pallets

102 paratroopers

134 troops with palletized and sidewall seats

54 troops with sidewall seats and 13 cargo pallets

36 stretchers and 54 patients plus 5 medical attendants

Mixed palletized cargo and vehicles

Various vehicles

Fuel capacity: 29,598 UK gal. (134,560 litres)

Engines: 4 x Pratt & Whitney PW2000 turbofan (US military designation F117-PW-100)

Thrust: 4 x 40,440 lb. (179.9 kN)

Cruise speed: 450 knots (520 mph - 830 km/h)

Service ceiling: 45,000 ft. (14,000 m)

Range with 157,000 lb. (71,214 kg) payload: 2,420 nm (2,780 miles - 4,480 km)

Ferry range: 6,230 nm (7,170 miles - 11,540 km)

Take off distance at MTOW: 8,200 ft. (2,499 m)

Take off run at 395,000 lb. (179,169 kg): 3,000 ft. (914 m)

Landing distance: 3,500 ft. (1,067 m)

 

Registration history:

A7-MAM, Qatar Emiri Air Force, delivered 8th. March 2016

N274ZD, test registration

 

 

 

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