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Strange cargo plane from US: circa 1950
« on: December 05, 2014, 05:48:51 PM »
Fun stuff! The XC-120 Fairchild 'pack plane.'

http://www.chonday.com/Videos/carplanfuit2#.VEfFFmBmWsg.email
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Re: Strange cargo plane from US: circa 1950
« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2014, 06:54:32 PM »
Fuuuuuuuuuugly!  ;D
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Suivez les conseils de Bison Bourré, foncez!

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Re: Strange cargo plane from US: circa 1950
« Reply #2 on: December 06, 2014, 02:41:17 AM »
That's actually cool..  :-X
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But whenever they talked about him, they always had a slight smile on their faces.. And that, perhaps, maybe your answer.

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Re: Strange cargo plane from US: circa 1950
« Reply #3 on: December 06, 2014, 03:16:24 AM »
This plane is realy interesting and useful  :o
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Re: Strange cargo plane from US: circa 1950
« Reply #4 on: December 06, 2014, 05:55:40 AM »

Yes, interesting looking aircraft, I like it. It's a shame they scrapped the only prototype.
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Re: Strange cargo plane from US: circa 1950
« Reply #5 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",
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Re: Strange cargo plane from US: circa 1950
« Reply #6 on: December 06, 2014, 04:13:08 PM »
Interesting, Uzin. Similar design but all-in-one.
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Re: Strange cargo plane from US: circa 1950
« Reply #7 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.
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Re: Strange cargo plane from US: circa 1950
« Reply #8 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.
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