New Transport Aircraft? Think BIG

[WE Branch Fanatic]

See Boeing Frontiers - Pelican (http://www.boeing.com/news/frontiers/archive/2002/september/i_pw.html).

[rafloo]

Fantastic.....Now, which airfield would be bigenough to take that monster....certainly not L-O-O

[The Rocket]

Didn't Howard Hughes come up with something remarkably similar in the 40's?

Spruce Goose anyone?

[engineer(retard)]

Rang some bells:

http://www.aether.demon.co.uk/coolkit/ekranoplan.html

and

http://www.se-technology.com/wig/index.php

Retard