On the BBC website, there is a feature about a stowaway who fell to his death under the flightpath into Heathrow...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22847065
In the video, a rather odd looking aircraft is shown - its looks like a cross between a 747 and a B-52. Anyone know of it ?
Can anyone identify this aircraft ?
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Re: Can anyone identify this aircraft ?
It's ex-BA G-BDXA, ruined as a movie prop. Often seen on the background on Top Gear at Dunsfold.
http://www.dunsfold747filming.co.uk/features.html
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Re: Can anyone identify this aircraft ?
Yep with a bit of CGi around the front it became the Skyfleet S570 in Casino Royale.
Re: Can anyone identify this aircraft ?
Thanks for that chaps. Presumably the engines are the four originals, but why did they pair them into two pods, and why bother with the external fuel tanks ?
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Probably something to do with it's film career mate.. trying to make it look like something it's not despite the fact that it could only be a 747
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Re: Can anyone identify this aircraft ?
I was thinking.... emergency escape pod?Paul K wrote:and why bother with the external fuel tanks ?