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How Many think this is fake

Ugly aircraft?....Boeing Super Guppy!

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PS. It kinda reminds me of this...

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d0mokun said:
Forget ugly or beautiful designs, here's a cute one. Not sure on range nor capacity estimates though.

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Fill with water for use in aerial firefighting.
Fill with kibble for non-lethal yet very demoralizing "bomb" runs over enemy camps!
 
Versatile beastie, no? 1) Shape Shuttle Hauler, 2) Giant Flying Telescope, and 3) Big Frikken Laser Beams on it's Head. In any case, not ugly.
 
I used to see Prat & Whitney's 747SP testbed all the time back when I worked at BTV. The bird is based across the lake at PBG (The old Platsburgh AFB) you think one stock looks wierd, try seeing it with three normal engines and one honking huge engine off a 777 hanging off the wing...

http://www.747sp.com/viewphoto.asp?845


Brian
 
yeah i've seen a few they're not too bad looking, although yes from low on the front it's like a flying humpbacked whale :icon_lol:

some people call this ugly.... but i like the ole' girl...
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designed as an AOP with a single Gypsy Major 33 as powerplant :kilroy:
 
Ah!.. That triple engined monster earlier (F-AHAF) is a Farman 4X I believe, or possibly known as the F.120.

This is not only ugly, but for some reason I also find it extremely scary - a bit like some infernal machine - I can't believe people actually paid money to fly on this expecting to reach their destination!

As for the B747SP, beauty is in the eye of the beholder I suppose, but I quite like them as they made excellent subjects for photography during the 80's-90's at London Heathrow. Lots of airlines used them into that airport with some pretty good liveries, but the best thing was that due to the proportions of the aircraft they framed just nicely for the typical 4:3 shot. They were like having a normal 747 squeezed-up at the ends to fit nicely in the photo! He! He!
 
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