07-30-2011, 05:07 PM
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aero minimums ( just for fun )
For a good belly laugh do a GOOGLE IMAGES for: Aero Spacelines Super Guppy
and consider this thing hurtling through the air at 285 mph! 
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07-30-2011, 05:27 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by aerohead
For a good belly laugh do a GOOGLE IMAGES for: Aero Spacelines Super Guppy
and consider this thing hurtling through the air at 285 mph! |
Aero Spacelines Super Guppy - Google zoeken
But it gets even better, and a lot faster with the Airbus Beluga :
Airbus Beluga - Google zoeken
But the biggest of them all is Boeings Dreamlifter
boeing dreamlifter - Google zoeken
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07-30-2011, 05:38 PM
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morbid obesity
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Wow! Thanks!
Looks like the planes need to lay off the comfort foods,especially the deep-fried lard.  |
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07-30-2011, 05:43 PM
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...everyone of those pictures need the caption: "...and, yes, it REALLY flys..!"
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08-01-2011, 10:58 AM
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...everyone of those pictures need the caption: "...and, yes, it REALLY flys..!"
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Having seen the Beluga perform at Le Bourget / Paris , it can be flown rather spirited when empty.
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08-01-2011, 12:13 PM
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...I watched the original "Guppy" (C-97) take-off at an airshow and was amazed at it's rate-of-climb (must've been empty, of course).
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08-01-2011, 01:37 PM
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Well I know what my next mod is, a big fiberglass hotdog and bun on top. I thought a C-5 was big.
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08-01-2011, 02:18 PM
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Yes - its real.
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08-01-2011, 02:25 PM
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Yes - its real.
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Funny thing is, it's still more aerodynamic than most cars on the road today. 
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08-01-2011, 03:57 PM
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...a flying "ducted-fan" plane.
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