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Originally Posted by botsapper

...by wrapping an aerodynamic plane around it. Boeing submitted a patent for a giant 'pink eraser' design powered by four double-propped engines on top of the wings. The plane's landing gear allows it to be lowered on the cargo containers lined up transverse to the plane's body. Like everyone here agree, it must also have a belly cover.
Boeing Just Patented This Weird Cargo-Grabbing Plane | Popular Science

I've got some Popular Science articles from the 1950s depicting a similar concept for battlefield materiel logistics.They had VTOL capabilities.