"john smith" wrote in message
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Q1: What is that aircraft?

Q2: Is that a detactable pod?

A1: It is a Blackburn Beverley, there is a colour picture showing a full
aircraft at:-

http://www.planeboys.de/gww/raf/raf_1/beverley.htm

A2: It is not a detachable pod

It was sort of a forerunner to the Hercules but with the cargo area split
into two levels. A troop, paratrooper or freight carrier with a rough field
capability.


--
Andrew

"Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible."
(Lord Kelvin, president, Royal Society, 1895.)