Boeing Cruise Missle Hauler?
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Boeing Cruise Missle Hauler?
Seems the 747 airframe can be modified...how many cruise missles would this hold?
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EVA Air maintenance got the contract to build them. They haul big bits of the 787.
It's got a hinged-tail an flies un-pressurised I believe.
Performed at the Taipei maintenance base, Taiwan.
It's got a hinged-tail an flies un-pressurised I believe.
Performed at the Taipei maintenance base, Taiwan.
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Just a thought, could it be the modified 747-400 designed to carry the structures for the proposed 787 to Everett? Mod design included a 5ft extension to the vertical fin with only the cockpit being pressurised, with a 300% cargo load increase.
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It's the prototype for Blair Force One. The full length expansion is to accommodate his head as he goes to the toilet.
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"itīs a bit bent, but we think we got away with it, and hopefully the customer wonīt notice", says Boeing spokesperson...
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Pontius Navigator: It's the prototype for Blair Force One. The full length expansion is to accommodate his head as he goes to the toilet.
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Amazing......The really Boeing747-400 Large Cargo Freighter flew for the first time at 10:38 a.m. (UTC/GMT +8 hours) today, initiating the flight test program that will finish in U.S. FAAcertification.
The two-hour, four-minute flight ,exactly, was the first of 250
expected flight test hours for the unique freighter, a specially modified 747-400 that will transport major composite structures of the all-new 787 Dreamliner.
So really it has bugger all to do with the military.............
The two-hour, four-minute flight ,exactly, was the first of 250
expected flight test hours for the unique freighter, a specially modified 747-400 that will transport major composite structures of the all-new 787 Dreamliner. So really it has bugger all to do with the military.............
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