Boeing's Ugliest Ever?

[JB in so cal]

http://boeing.com/news/releases/2006/q3/060909a2_lg.jpg
TAIPEI, Sept. 09, 2006 -- The first 747-400 Large Cargo Freighter, a specially modified fleet of airplanes that will transport the major components of the 787 Dreamliner, gracefully takes to the skies on its first flight. The 747 Large Cargo Freighter will complete initial flight tests in Taiwan before flying to Seattle.

[OutCole'd]

I don't like the yellow with the white either.

[JB in so cal]

I don't like the yellow with the white either.
that's just primed aluminium. all planes have it. I'm thinking it'll do it's job perfectly, but dayam. fugly!

[Sleek-Jet]

Form following function... :rolleyes:

[Jetdriver]

Can you say competition with Airbus? That thing is UGLY no matter what color it is. :)

[RitcheyRch]

Super Guppy. Agree, sure is one ugly sucker. Basically, going to be used for transporting 787 wings from Taiwan to WA for final assembly.

[OutCole'd]

that's just primed aluminium. all planes have it. I'm thinking it'll do it's job perfectly, but dayam. fugly!
:rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[atomickitn]

looks like a flying iguana :)

[AirtimeLavey]

looks like a flying iguana :)
Lol...yep, pretty fugly.

[HYSTRUNG]

Super Guppy. Agree, sure is one ugly sucker. Basically, going to be used for transporting 787 wings from Taiwan to WA for final assembly.
It will also move the composite fuselage barrel from So Carolina to Everett.

[RitcheyRch]

Forgot about that. Heard they considering trying to get some cargo carriers to use it on the return frlight to Taiwan.
It will also move the composite fuselage barrel from So Carolina to Everett.

[wsuwrhr]

Sweet,
So now we have a MAJOR US airline manufacturer buying critical subassemblies from a communist country?
What are we thinking?
Building a communist country's military up? Great idea.
Brian
Brian

[Sleek-Jet]

Sweet,
So now we have a MAJOR US airline manufacturer buying critical subassemblies from a communist country?
What are we thinking?
Building a communist country's military up? Great idea.
Brian
Brian
Boeing has been getting sub assemblies from over there for years, nothing new.
I wouldn't be suprised in China buys a pant load of of 787's over scarebuss planes because of this....

[Tom Brown]

Airframe by Boeing. Gel by Kachina.

[Rexone]

They could have at least painted it to look like the hippo it resembles.

[JetBoatRich]

Doing it's job :cool:
When it is in full flight who will it anyways :rolleyes:

[Tom Brown]

When it is in full flight who will [see] it anyways :rolleyes:
You don't seem to have a good grasp of the superficial.
We are ***boat. We need to ride around on blinged out golf carts, make ice drinks with supercharged, gas powerred blenders with flame paint jobs, and make sure our women have the biggest tits out there.

[LakeRacer]

Sweet,
So now we have a MAJOR US airline manufacturer buying critical subassemblies from a communist country?
What are we thinking?
Building a communist country's military up? Great idea.
Brian
Brian
Hate to tell you this but Taiwan is not a communist country. Taiwan is the little China. The big China (Red Chinese) is the communist country. The big China would like nothing better than to invade the island of Taiwan and take it back. But of course the US wouldn't stand for any of that.

[Jbb]

You don't seem to have a good grasp of the superficial.
We are ***boat. We need to ride around on blinged out golf carts, make ice drinks with supercharged, gas powerred blenders with flame paint jobs, and make sure our women have the biggest tits out there.
You say that, ...as if it's a bad thing...? :p

[Jetdriver]

our women have the biggest tits out there.
Thats all I could read! :D

[JustMVG]

Well all i know is that we have ordered some of the 47-400's for our fleet and are rethinking the whole Airbus 480 deal we have going , and that the airport we operate out of Ontario,Ca. has been widening all of the runways and taxi ways to accomodate these two aircraft, I'm in Flight Ops for UPS

[JB in so cal]

Well all i know is that we have ordered some of the 47-400's for our fleet and are rethinking the whole Airbus 480 deal we have going , and that the airport we operate out of Ontario,Ca. has been widening all of the runways and taxi ways to accomodate these two aircraft, I'm in Flight Ops for UPS
is that the 380?

[JustMVG]

ooops yeah 380, you should see the matrix we'll have to follow to get her loaded, incredible, and tolerances are so close it's going to be a nightmare.
It seems like Airbus is always coming up with some new aircraft i guess i got ahead of them... My Bad....

[BajaMike]

http://boeing.com/news/releases/2006/q3/060909a2_lg.jpg
TAIPEI, Sept. 09, 2006 -- The first 747-400 Large Cargo Freighter, a specially modified fleet of airplanes that will transport the major components of the 787 Dreamliner, gracefully takes to the skies on its first flight. The 747 Large Cargo Freighter will complete initial flight tests in Taiwan before flying to Seattle.
This is what it supposed to look like when finished....it looks like the tail swings away for loading....
http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2005/photorelease/q1/050218g.jpg
:rollside:
Like this....
http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/6/6b/250px-Boeing_747-400LCF_2.jpg
:idea:
You could probably play football inside that thing when it's empty...
:boxed:

[kcvega]

Here's a list of who's building what for the 787. I've been involved with the 787 floor beams here in Tulsa, OK. http://www.boeing.com/commercial/787family/dev_team.html

[RitcheyRch]

Yes, the tail swings away for loading. The Airbus Super Guppy has a swing away nose for loading.
This is what it supposed to look like when finished....it looks like the tail swings away for loading....
http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2005/photorelease/q1/050218g.jpg
:rollside:
Like this....
http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/6/6b/250px-Boeing_747-400LCF_2.jpg
:idea:
You could probably play football inside that thing when it's empty...
:boxed:

[Trailer Park Casanova]

Read in the paper this morning ScareBus is yet delaying the release of their big Jumbo AGAIN.
2.3 Billion $$ delay this time.

[JB in so cal]

Read in the paper this morning ScareBus is yet delaying the release of their big Jumbo AGAIN.
2.3 Billion $$ delay this time.
who cares. the red bikini bottom rocks :rollside:

[Riverat84]

who cares how it looks? its just made to haul an assload of parts....

[JustMVG]

Read in the paper this morning ScareBus is yet delaying the release of their big Jumbo AGAIN.
2.3 Billion $$ delay this time.
And the major reason UPS is reconsidering the whole Airbus deal