john smith wrote:
Q1: What is that aircraft?

Q2: Is that a detactable pod?

That is a Blackburn Beverly C1 of the Royal Air Force and no, it is not
a detachable pod.

http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/types/uk...y/Beverley.htm

....will tell you almost everything you would wish to know. What it will
not tell you is, if you are paratrooping from this aircraft and you are
to be the first man out of the door on the lower deck, you can watch the
wheels go round as you trundle along at 600 to 800 feet, waiting for the
green light for "GO".

Ricardo
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The Brits conquered the world in boats made of wood, powered by wind &
navigated by the stars. For the yanks to be in the same league they'll
need to have sent Neill Armstrong to the Moon.........on a Hang-glider!!