On 03/09/2013 00:45, John Szalay wrote:
Jess Lurkin wrote in news:XnsA22FB4533F2C1SuckAssLibturds@
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A Be-50 (A-50) of Russia's VVS looking kinda goofy.

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It looks more tatty than goofy.


Which begs the question; Why so many air intakes?

Ignoring the 4 obvious LARGE intakes and the APU intake,
there seems to be redundancies for the redundant holes.
Two of them might possibly be lights, but I doubt it.

Anyone? TIA

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Considering the large amount of electronic equipment
onboard I suspect APU and massive air conditioning
unit to keep said electronics cool..
radar units , computers CRTs take a lot of cooling..

looking at several other photos of the plane both on the ground
and videos , show covers in several of those inlets on the ground
and lights in the 4 indicated positions.


Perhaps the crew are heavy smokers. Those Russian cigarettes do make a
hell of stink!

;-)

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