Quite possibly the ugliest plane ever...

[Super Hornet 88]

TAIPEI, Aug. 17, 2006 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] has rolled the first 747-400 Large Cargo Freighter (LCF) out of the hangar at Taipei's Chiang Kai-Shek International Airport. The enormous airplane is the first of three specially modified jets that will be used to transport major assemblies for the all-new Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

"This is one of the most unusual modifications Boeing has ever done," said Scott Strode, 787 vice president of Airplane Development and Production. "We've relied on the world's best talent to design and build the LCF and we can all be proud today to see it standing on the tarmac."

Ground testing is under way to prepare the LCF for its first flight. After initial flight testing in Taipei, the LCF will fly to Seattle to complete the flight test program. First flight and the ferry flight to Seattle are expected to occur by the end of August.

The modifications have been performed by Evergreen Aviation Technologies Corp. (EGAT), a joint venture of EVA Air and General Electric and a part of Taiwan's Evergreen Group. The second airplane continues to be modified and will be completed this fall. The third airplane will begin modification next year. The first two LCFs enter service in 2007 to support the final assembly of the first Dreamliners.

Link to another pic.

http://www.airliners.net/uf/view.file?id=536888073&filename=1155741957Wx9oBf.jpg

 

[Schnugg]

oddly familiar....

 

[raptor10]

oddly familiar....

Schnugg, it's all psychological. You yell beluga, everybody says, "Huh? What?" You yell manatee, we've got a panic on our hands on the Fourth of July.

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[BigIron]

This one is also ug:

 

[gunfighter77]

This is probably up there on the list for ugliest aircraft.

 

[MasterBates]

Snap!!

 

[doubledeuce]

They should paint it to look like a pig in a blanket.

 

[KBayDog]

The LCF is ugly, but it's not the ugliest bird (fish?) in the sky:

 

[thull]

that's what Maverick would've flown if he screwed up just THIS much...

 

[thenuge]

This thread is giving me deja vu. Oh well, this bird is fugly-

 

[Pags]

here's a good one:

 

[Catmando]

Here's another: The Lun Ekranoplan, aka The Caspian Sea Monster


(It really didn't fly above ground effect.)

 

[Pags]

Here's another: The Lun Ekranoplan, aka The Caspian Sea Monster

but can it really be called an airplane if it never leaves ground effect?

 

[Catmando]

but can it really be called an airplane if it never leaves ground effect?

Dunno. Aeroplane, hydroplane, woodplane, whatever; it sure is ugly! And the thread title does refer to ugly "planes" .

Actually, I think it's a WIG (Wing in Ground-effect craft)....and an ugly WIG at that.

BTW, here is a wood-plane. Not ugly, but not great, either:
:icon_smil

 

[raptor10]

The LCF is ugly, but it's not the ugliest bird (fish?) in the sky:View attachment 3344View attachment 3345

that's what Maverick would've flown if he screwed up just THIS much...View attachment 3346

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