MORE random pics......

[masraum]

Those things are just sick. I think I'd rather just drive/fly and do the hotel thing.

[}{arlequin]

Originally posted by EdT82SC
If you've never done it you should. I went 98-00, and loved it every time. Definitely a different experience out there. Great place to get high. Here is a picture of me with a couple friends in 99.

anybody ever see "Priscilla Queen of the Desert"?

[Overpaid Slacker]

Awwwww CRAP, Curt. Now that's got to go on my "must have" list. I could've lived my whole much-more-financially-soundly-lived life w/o knowing that those existed. BAStard!!

JP

[austin552]

[kach22i]

At least nine pages of futuristic art and prototypes. I'm still checking it out.

http://www.fabiofeminofantascience.org/RETROFUTURE/RETROFUTURE5.html

[Racerbvd]

[bkonken]

Originally posted by URY914
WTF...

TAIPEI (AFP) - US aerospace giant Boeing took delivery from Taiwan's Evergreen Group of the first of three 747-400 Large Cargo Freighters (LCF), a plane modified to transport giant-sized Boeing 787 "Dreamliner" assemblages.

The world's first Boeing 747-400 LCF rolled out at a ceremony in a hangar of Evergreen Aviation Techologies Corporation (EGAT), a subsidiary of the Evergreen Group, at Chiang Kai-Shek airport.

"It's hard to believe it's been only 18 months since we announced that EGAT would modify this unique fleet of airplanes," said Scott Strode, 787 vice president of Airplane Development and Production for Boeing.

"This team has set a new standard for partnership, performance and achievement while working to a very aggressive schedule.

"It's difficult to overstate the important role the LCF plays in the 787's success," Strode said.

"Transporting the large composite structures by air is the foundation of the lean global production system we've designed for the 787."

The specialized aircraft conversions and work began in 2005, with the three-aircraft conversion program slated to be completed in 2007.

The enormous airplane is the first of the three specially modified jets that will be used to transport major assemblages back to the Boeing factory in Everett, Washington for final assembly of the all-new Boeing 787 "Dreamliner."

A modified Boeing 747-400 passenger aircraft, the LCF can haul more cargo by volume than any other airplane in the world.

The LCF can carry loads three times larger than the original Boeing 747-400 freighter. Boeing's European rival Airbus employs similar modified aircraft to carry assemblages from its many diverse construction sites

[URY914]

OK, but how does it open? Top opens? Front hinges out?

[widebody911]

[URY914]

There is just something soooooooo wrong about that.

Takin' it up the....

[Amail]

While spending time in St. Nazaire working on oil-field components, I looked up to see the most bizarre airplane I'd ever seen. Nobody else seemed interested. It turns out that Airbus has their factory in St. Nazaire as well, so these aren't so uncommon in that part of the world.

Airbus Beluga

[widebody911]

Originally posted by URY914
There is just something soooooooo wrong about that.

Takin' it up the....

So you're saying taking it down the throat is better?

[}{arlequin]

LOL

[gaijindabe]

I saw my prom date 15 years later.. Looked like that airbus.

[ischmitz]

Originally posted by Racerbvd

are you wearing a long-sleeved dark-brown cashmere sweater

[Racerbvd]

Originally posted by ischmitz
are you wearing a long-sleeved dark-brown cashmere sweater

Taken from another thread here I'm not that hairy!!

[Racerbvd]

[widebody911]

[VaSteve]

Originally posted by widebody911
So you're saying taking it down the throat is better?

I guess doing it this way is cheaper and spreads the wealth of the work around, but I dunno. Why not have the factory closer.?

[JeremyD]