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Slowing down after landing runway14. On the R model of KC-135 like this one, (also T model) those engines are the CFM-56 Turbofans, each producing 21,634 lbs of thrust, allowing a max. take off weight of 146,285 kgs. (Max. fuel transfer is 91,000 kgs.)

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62-3538 - Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker - United States - US Air Force (USAF)

Stefan Kuhn 62-3538
995 0 0 Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker
62-3538 - Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker - United States - US Air Force (USAF)

Catching the evening sun as this tanker turns in the tower pattern

simon mortimer 62-3538
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62-3538 - Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker - United States - US Air Force (USAF)

simon mortimer 62-3538
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9H-DGM - Diamond Aircraft DA-62 MPP - European SAO (ESAO)

At park 3 for some maintenance

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9H-CUB - Piper L-4H Cub - Malta Aviation Museum

Taxiing at park 3 after a local flight

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4046 - Lockheed Martin F-16C Fighting Falcon - Poland - Air Force

Cleaning up for a go around during the Malta Airshow 2023 arrivals

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Slowing down after landing runway14. On the R model of KC-135 like this one, (also T model) those engines are the CFM-56 Turbofans, each producing 21,634 lbs of thrust, allowing a max. take off weight of 146,285 kgs. (Max. fuel transfer is 91,000 kgs.)

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62-3538 - Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker - United States - US Air Force (USAF)

Stefan Kuhn 62-3538
995 0 0 Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker
62-3538 - Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker - United States - US Air Force (USAF)

Catching the evening sun as this tanker turns in the tower pattern

simon mortimer 62-3538
3,363 1 0 Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker
62-3538 - Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker - United States - US Air Force (USAF)

simon mortimer 62-3538
7,721 0 0 Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker
9H-DGM - Diamond Aircraft DA-62 MPP - European SAO (ESAO)

At park 3 for some maintenance

Daniel Abela 9H-DGM
60 0 0 Diamond Aircraft DA-62 MPP
9H-CUB - Piper L-4H Cub - Malta Aviation Museum

Taxiing at park 3 after a local flight

Daniel Abela 9H-CUB
93 0 0 Piper L-4H Cub
ES-NTC - ATR 72-212A(500)(F) - NyxAir

MSA130 ES-NTC
50 0 0 ATR 72-212A(500)(F)
4046 - Lockheed Martin F-16C Fighting Falcon - Poland - Air Force

Cleaning up for a go around during the Malta Airshow 2023 arrivals

Alan Cordina 4046
565 1 0 Lockheed Martin F-16C Fighting Falcon
88-0025 - General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon - Turkey - Air Force

Malta Airshow 2023 departures

Alan Cordina 88-0025
1,405 18 1 General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon
17-0080 - Airbus A400M - Turkey - Air Force

Departing spectacularly from the Malta Airshow 2023

Alan Cordina 17-0080
4,731 94 3 Airbus A400M
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STEVE SPEARS

Numbers two and three engines are so close to the super slab! I just can't imagine any error in cross wind landings! This aircraft simply was not designed to sport CFM-56 Turbofans! Thanks for the technical data! Nice shot of this aging legend!