Today I did see this......

[Fisty]

https://www.luftfahrt.net/galerie/photos/2003/10/1049722882_F-GSTB_Airbus-Super-Transporter-%28Beluga.jpg

Landing at filton airport, it was moving so slowly through the sky it looked like it was about to drop like a stone.
Its un natural something that big can fly!
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[nowhere.elysium]

A hydrocephalic jumbo jet? Good sir, you appear to be tickling my 'WTF?' gland something fierce.
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[drzsta]

The Airbus Beluga.

Fucking ugly aircraft.


Btw, it looks like a bruiser but a 47 tonne payload is not exceptional. Still amazing airframe shape.
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[oldpink]

like a bumble bee looks like it will never get off the ground
but apparently it fly's very well according to the pilots that fly it
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[Werny]

I'm glad to see they're doing something to transport all the fatties around, regular aeroplane seats just aren't up to the task any more.

[Flatbadger]

Does it run on fish?

https://s9.postimage.org/wwpgvrjlr/Looks_cute_jumping_dolphins.jpg
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[woll]

I see this quite regular, not sure if it's the same one but air bus isn't too far away from me so see it flying over. I know what you mean about it being slow, always has me amazed how it manages to stay in the air going so slow.
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[keggyhander]

Looks like the thing that Steve Austin crashed in.

[Frost]

I guess it's because your brain thinks size = mass, so something that big shouldn't fly. In fact when empty it probably weighs less than a fully loaded passenger plane!

[shereen]

Subframe looks twisted.
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[JonB]

Just a pity that Filton Airfield is closing for good on 21st December. Seem some awesome planes flying in the area.
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[Catalyst]

It's known as a 'Guppy' within the aviation industry IIRC
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[Flip]

I see it everyday.

The noise and smell of aviation fuel on take off is ace.

I love the fact that they are numbered, like Thunderbirds.

[weasley]

[Vracktal]

The Guppy's pretty massive, but by no means the biggest.

That title goes to Myria, the Antonov AN-225. Fucking colossal thing.

https://img.planespotters.net/photo/303000/original/CCCP-82060-Antonov-Airlines-Antonov-Design-Bureau-Antonov-An-225-Mriya_PlanespottersNet_303839.jpg

[karoshi]

that's the 2nd worst case of Martian Flu I've ever seen..

https://www.cumberlandspaceman.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/dave-lister-red-dwarf-space-flu-craig-charles.jpg


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[drzsta]

[angryjonny]

It used to fly over us quite a lot when I was younger as we lived near Airbus Broughton where they now make wings for the A380 (which *don't* get transported in that thing - they'd never fit).

I got this blurry photo of it from the top of Moel Famau a few years back...
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/angryjonny/beluga.jpg

[owl10]

[h00dwink]

[The Artist]

https://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7ox4rrkSm1ra0h2wo1_500.jpg

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bpLAAoSwVJQ/TgYzza1LKbI/AAAAAAAAAe0/zTD1qgc62Xg/s1600/antonov225.jpg

https://www.buran.fr/mriya-antonov/Photos/060-Sur%20le%20tarmac-On%20the%20macadam-000.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Antonov-225_main_landing_gear_2.jpg/220px-Antonov-225_main_landing_gear_2.jpg

https://www.pakwheels.com/forums/attachments/aircrafts-trains/957154d1244787120-antonov-124-karachi-airport-antonov225faci1_o5f_pakwheels-com-.jpg

[Alpha-9]

It does indeed look like a flying dolphin
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[Irn-Bru]

I saw one on 'Supersized Earth' on iPlayer. The one on there opened at the back, and the guy said it's the only way they can realistically transport parts around the world, otherwise they'd take too long to arrive, time is money and all that.
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