Strange looking plane

[Clouds Givemethewillies]

What the heck is this?

 

[Spectrar Ghost]

I think it's a Cessna Citation Excel. I'm still not great with business jets though.

 

[Clouds Givemethewillies]

I think it's a Cessna Citation Excel. I'm still not great with business jets though.

It looks like you can drop unwanted guests out the back..

 

[Spectrar Ghost]

Those tail strikes do look like a chute from this angle...

 

[Clouds Givemethewillies]

Those tail strikes do look like a chute from this angle...

Flying from Luton to Dublin for the craic is not the conspiracy I hoped for..

 

[Whitebeard]

It looks like you can drop unwanted guests out the back..

Oh yeah, its the private jet of choice for aspiring Bond Villains.

 

[Alucard146]

View attachment 23683 View attachment 23681 View attachment 23682 What the heck is this?

Given there is no information nor tail numbers or any other markings I can tell you from my own observations thats a UAV they fly them constantly ,I've even had a run in with a remotely piloted helicopter , I mean a real heli a hummingbird possibly.

 

[Trailblazer]

Given there is no information nor tail numbers or any other markings I can tell you from my own observations thats a UAV they fly them constantly ,I've even had a run in with a remotely piloted helicopter , I mean a real heli a hummingbird possibly.

Actually, Planefinder.net identifies this plane on January 2 2017 at the time and location of the photograph:

As stated above it is a Cessna Citation 560, with registration G-CIEL. It's owned by Luxaviation, a British private jet charter company.

Compare the stripes on the nose and the zigzag lines on the engines to the photo in the OP:

In fact if you know what the registration is, you can just about make it out on the underside of the left wing in that photo.

 

[Mick West]

A plane ID tip, the web site "3D Warehouse", aka "Sketchup Library" has 3D models of most planes (and most everything else). If you've got a reasonable idea of the plane model you can find it there, and then use the built-in 3D viewer to rotate it to see how well it matches.

https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/