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Unusual aircraft overhead.

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  • SporadicAddick
    SporadicAddick Posts: 6,853
    Hal1x said:
    killerandflash said:
    SporadicAddick said:
    iaitch said:
    Justin20474 said:
    When I was in Chester a couple of weeks ago I saw this bad boy!!, it was massive 

    Its like a flying beluga whale.
    Hence the name and the paint work...


    Airbus specially made them to transport massive aircraft parts around Europe. Their main UK factory is near Chester
    This was its predecessor...
    The "Guppy"
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,842
    Boeing have similarly ugly aircraft, the Dreamlifter a modified  747!


  • SporadicAddick
    SporadicAddick Posts: 6,853
    Sadly all of the best looking aircraft of my youth are either gone or on their way:-

    747
    757
    VC10
    Tri-star
    Trident

    Without wishing to sound old, they all look the same now...
  • NornIrishAddick
    NornIrishAddick Posts: 9,623
    Lordflashheart said:
    Lordflashheart said:
    Hal1x said:
    DaveMehmet said:
    Martin Boorman committed suicide and never escaped.




    Nuts, well some Nazi big wig did, was it proposed for Hitler to use it?
    It was Hanna Reitsch and Robert Von Griem who flew out in a Storch
    Actually they flew in using a Storch but it was damaged so they flew out in an Arado
    The rescue/escape involving a Fiesler Storch was that of Benito Mussolini, from captivity in Gran Sasso, by Otto Skorzeny - Hitler's go-to SS commando leader, who ended his career, allegedly, after stints in the service of various South American and Arab friends of retired Nazis, working for Mossad.
  • Hal1x
    Hal1x Posts: 4,265
    edited October 2021
    Perhaps Nigel should invest in one should it go wrong again, It can take off in one half of the Valley Pitch, and land within 18 meters, certainly beats a smelly laundry basket for a rapid escape.

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