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World's Ugliest Plane?
Wall Street Journal today ran an article on the Boeing Large Cargo Freighter,
the "Dreamlifter." It is one ugly plane. A CFI and student in a Skyhawk were darn near killed in November when they flew through the monster's wake turbulence. They were flipped over and lost 1000 feet of altitude and pulled out just 150 above the water. This thing has 65,000 cubic feet of cargo capacity -- triple that of a 747. It will fly Dreamliner nose sections from Wichita to Seattle for final assembly. I still have not taken a picture of it. Heck, I've only been to Seattle once since getting home. Definitely on my list of things to do. |
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World's Ugliest Plane?
A CFI and student in a Skyhawk were
darn near killed in November when they flew through the monster's wake turbulence. They were flipped over and lost 1000 feet of altitude and pulled out just 150 above the water. I'm venturing to say the same would have happened had they flown through a normal 747s wake turbulence. |
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World's Ugliest Plane?
C J Campbell wrote: Wall Street Journal today ran an article on the Boeing Large Cargo Freighter, the "Dreamlifter." It is one ugly plane. [...] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_...argo_Freighter Gives new meaning to taking it from behind... Woof. |
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World's Ugliest Plane?
"Kev" wrote in message oups.com... C J Campbell wrote: Wall Street Journal today ran an article on the Boeing Large Cargo Freighter, the "Dreamlifter." It is one ugly plane. [...] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_...argo_Freighter Gives new meaning to taking it from behind... I dunno, you guys. The Beluga sure isn't much of a looker and the Super Guppy in the photo linked there looks like it's about to explode blow popcorn all over the airfield. It looks like a blimp with wings on it, or something from an Alien movie. -c |
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World's Ugliest Plane?
On Mon, 8 Jan 2007 16:15:07 -0800, gatt wrote
(in article ): "Kev" wrote in message oups.com... C J Campbell wrote: Wall Street Journal today ran an article on the Boeing Large Cargo Freighter, the "Dreamlifter." It is one ugly plane. [...] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_...argo_Freighter Gives new meaning to taking it from behind... I dunno, you guys. The Beluga sure isn't much of a looker and the Super Guppy in the photo linked there looks like it's about to explode blow popcorn all over the airfield. It looks like a blimp with wings on it, or something from an Alien movie. Indeed. The competition for world's ugliest plane is stiff. The Wilga comes to mind... Still, the Large Cargo Freighter is a contender, is it not? Especially with those two huge rear door arms sticking out of just one side of the fuselage. I hear when it was introduced somebody emailed a picture of it with an Oscar Meyer Wienermobile paint job to the engineers. I would love a copy of that. |
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World's Ugliest Plane?
C J Campbell wrote:
Wall Street Journal today ran an article on the Boeing Large Cargo Freighter, the "Dreamlifter." It is one ugly plane. A CFI and student in a Skyhawk were darn near killed in November when they flew through the monster's wake turbulence. They were flipped over and lost 1000 feet of altitude and pulled out just 150 above the water. This thing has 65,000 cubic feet of cargo capacity -- triple that of a 747. It will fly Dreamliner nose sections from Wichita to Seattle for final assembly. Why did they fly through its wake? Matt |
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World's Ugliest Plane?
On Mon, 8 Jan 2007 16:26:38 -0800, C J Campbell
wrote: Still, the Large Cargo Freighter is a contender, is it not? Especially with those two huge rear door arms sticking out of just one side of the fuselage. I hear when it was introduced somebody emailed a picture of it with an Oscar Meyer Wienermobile paint job to the engineers. I would love a copy of that. http://www.eaa26.org/nov06.pdf Page 5.... Ron Wanttaja |
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World's Ugliest Plane?
In article m,
C J Campbell wrote: On Mon, 8 Jan 2007 16:15:07 -0800, gatt wrote (in article ): "Kev" wrote in message oups.com... C J Campbell wrote: Wall Street Journal today ran an article on the Boeing Large Cargo Freighter, the "Dreamlifter." It is one ugly plane. [...] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_...argo_Freighter Gives new meaning to taking it from behind... I dunno, you guys. The Beluga sure isn't much of a looker and the Super Guppy in the photo linked there looks like it's about to explode blow popcorn all over the airfield. It looks like a blimp with wings on it, or something from an Alien movie. Indeed. The competition for world's ugliest plane is stiff. The Wilga comes to mind... Still, the Large Cargo Freighter is a contender, is it not? Especially with those two huge rear door arms sticking out of just one side of the fuselage. I hear when it was introduced somebody emailed a picture of it with an Oscar Meyer Wienermobile paint job to the engineers. I would love a copy of that. Tr the Avia Airtruk on for size! It was the plane used in "Mad Max". |
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World's Ugliest Plane?
C J Campbell wrote: Indeed. The competition for world's ugliest plane is stiff. The Wilga comes to mind... Still, the Large Cargo Freighter is a contender, is it not? Especially with those two huge rear door arms sticking out of just one side of the fuselage. That's pretty ugly for a big plane. For exceptionally ugly, this is an Australian copy of a New Zealand design, and I saw one of these being restored in New Zealand - it is a "topdresser". http://www.aamb.com.au/AIRTRUK.HTM John Halpenny |
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