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Orbis Flying Eye DC-10 Due At Stansted  
User currently offlineBackfire From Germany, joined exactly 2 years ago today! , 0 posts, RR: 1
Posted (5 years 6 months 1 week 5 days 17 hours ago) and read 549 times:

Might be a chance for one or two of you to catch something different at Stansted - I hear that the Orbis mobile eye surgery is scheduled to arrive at STN shortly.

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User currently offlineHkg_clk From Hong Kong, joined Jan 2001, 999 posts, RR: 6
Reply 1, posted (5 years 6 months 1 week 5 days 17 hours ago) and read 538 times:

Where is it based usually? Or is it in constant use so that it moves around all the time?


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User currently offlineAFC_ajax00 From United States, joined Nov 2000, 764 posts, RR: 0
Reply 2, posted (5 years 6 months 1 week 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 500 times:

I believe that it is based in NY at JFK but it moves around all the time. Correct me if I'm wrong though.


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User currently offlineIkarus From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2001, 3524 posts, RR: 2
Reply 3, posted (5 years 6 months 1 week 5 days 15 hours ago) and read 440 times:

There's people collecting donations in the main terminal at TN, and I've seen a whte MD11 from the distance, parked in the cargo area. I thought it was World Airways (it had an oval black logo on the side like World Airways) but now it all makes sense.

Pity the weather is a bit poor for photography, with all the fog...

Regards

Ikarus

User currently offlineAirways From Switzerland, joined Mar 2001, 880 posts, RR: 11
Reply 4, posted (5 years 6 months 1 week 5 days 14 hours ago) and read 404 times:

Ikarus: The Orbis plane is definitely a DC-10, not an MD-11. Here's a picture of that plane:



Some more information about the: Orbis International is headquartered in New York, but their plane is mostly operating in Asia and Africa. The DC-10 was originally donated by United Airlines. Since UAL doesn't have anymore DC-10s in it's fleet, FedEx is now taking care of the maintenance (also a donation). The airplane is used to train local doctors and medical personel in eye surgery. It's the mission of Orbis to eliminate avoidable blindness. It's a great non-profit organisation which deserves the support of us all.

For further information about Orbis, there is a short report on Airsider:
http://airsider.net/files/2002/0702/001/orbis.htm

Or you can visit their website at http://www.orbis.org/.

Michael
http://airsider.net


User currently offlineHkg_clk From Hong Kong, joined Jan 2001, 999 posts, RR: 6
Reply 5, posted (5 years 6 months 1 week 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 402 times:

Does Orbis offer any tours of their plane? From the photos on their website, it looks quite interesting.


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User currently offlineFpdonald From United States, joined Aug 2002, 430 posts, RR: 0
Reply 6, posted (5 years 6 months 1 week 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 387 times:

The DC-10 was originally donated by United Airlines.

This aircraft had nothing to do with United Airlines. Former G-GCAL [Cal Air/Novair International Airways Limited], former N183AT [American Trans Air], and former G-BELO [Laker Airways]. 46501, the second off the production line, and spent her early years as a test aircraft.


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User currently offlineLapper From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2002, 1346 posts, RR: 7
Reply 7, posted (5 years 6 months 1 week 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 385 times:

Hkg_clk, I remember seeing something a couple of weeks ago for a competition offering tours of the plane. I can't remember where though.


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User currently offlineFlagshipAZ From United States, joined Jan 2001, 3408 posts, RR: 11
Reply 8, posted (5 years 6 months 1 week 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 386 times:

Yes, this is indeed the #2 DC-10 built. It was a test aircraft in the beginning, then went to Laker Airways. The oldest DC-10 existing & still in service. Orbis is a very worthwhile cause. The mission is to restore eyesight to people around the world who cannot afford any treatment or surgery at all. Not being a braggert here, but I have contribute money to this orginization, and in return I've gotten those 'return address labels' with the DC-10 imposed in the background. Very worthwhile & 'feel good' cause here.  Wink/being sarcastic Regards.


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User currently offlineAirways From Switzerland, joined Mar 2001, 880 posts, RR: 11
Reply 9, posted (5 years 6 months 1 week 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 368 times:

Oops, did I have wrong information here? Sorry about that. But I'm pretty sure UAL did the maintenance for the DC-10.

By the way, before the DC-10, Orbis had a DC-8. That one was from UAL, right?

Michael
http://airsider.net

User currently offlineGAWZU From United Kingdom, joined May 2002, 198 posts, RR: 1
Reply 10, posted (5 years 6 months 1 week 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 331 times:

The DC-10-10, N220AU, will be present at Stansted until the 9th April, according to the UK Orbis website at http://www.ukorbis.org

Regards,
Adam

User currently offlineJustplanesmart From United States, joined Mar 2001, 656 posts, RR: 2
Reply 11, posted (5 years 6 months 1 week 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 272 times:

The Project Orbis DC-8 was a former United plane, the fourth DC-8 built, but I do not know if it went directly from UAL to Orbis.



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User currently offlineN754pr From , joined today!, posts, RR:
Reply 12, posted (5 years 6 months 1 week 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 239 times:

I was lucky to visit this aircraft in the Hanger at Kai Tak airport and outside the Hanger at CLK.

Even saw the DC-8 once in Cebu.

User currently offlineAtenara From United States, joined Feb 2003, 93 posts, RR: 0
Reply 13, posted (5 years 6 months 1 week 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 235 times:


whats it doing in stansted? when they should be treating people with eye problems in poor countries.
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