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Title: Strange cargo plane from US: circa 1950
Post by: Triad773 on December 05, 2014, 05:48:51 PM

Fun stuff! The XC-120 Fairchild 'pack plane.'

http://www.chonday.com/Videos/carplanfuit2#.VEfFFmBmWsg.email

Title: Re: Strange cargo plane from US: circa 1950
Post by: Sillius_Sodus on December 05, 2014, 06:54:32 PM

Fuuuuuuuuuugly!  ;D

Title: Re: Strange cargo plane from US: circa 1950
Post by: Ghost129er on December 06, 2014, 02:41:17 AM

That's actually cool..  :-X

Title: Re: Strange cargo plane from US: circa 1950
Post by: Vatosh on December 06, 2014, 03:16:24 AM

This plane is realy interesting and useful  :o

Title: Re: Strange cargo plane from US: circa 1950
Post by: Yeager_1946 on December 06, 2014, 05:55:40 AM

Yes, interesting looking aircraft, I like it. It's a shame they scrapped the only prototype.

Title: Re: Strange cargo plane from US: circa 1950
Post by: Uzin on December 06, 2014, 01:49:27 PM

It looks very similar to Noratlas of which several hundreds vere built:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nord_Noratlas

Except of removeable "belly",

Title: Re: Strange cargo plane from US: circa 1950
Post by: Triad773 on December 06, 2014, 04:13:08 PM

Interesting, Uzin. Similar design but all-in-one.

Title: Re: Strange cargo plane from US: circa 1950
Post by: PlaneEater on December 07, 2014, 12:06:01 AM

They were so close to RO-RO cargo capability.  SO CLOSE... and yet, they didn't push a little farther.

That thing could have single-handedly jumped airborne logistics 30-40 years ahead with the maturity process of a single airframe design.  And we missed it, somehow.

Title: Re: Strange cargo plane from US: circa 1950
Post by: Morris on December 07, 2014, 03:12:28 PM

Wow cool. Fugly but very cool.  I like it.  I'm surprised the idea didn't go further.