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Boeing 747 Large Cargo Freighter Arrives in Seattle
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| Sept 16, 2006
Posted on 09/16/2006 8:38:28 PM PDT by skeptoid
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I love this story of American enterprise and innovation.
Note the tiny humans wa-a-y back there. ... or i guess we're looking forward?
They primed the nose .... it doesn't look quite so much like a corndog now.
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posted on
09/16/2006 8:38:29 PM PDT
by
skeptoid
To: Paleo Conservative
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posted on
09/16/2006 8:42:31 PM PDT
by
Ready4Freddy
(Sophomore dies in kiln explosion? Oh My God! I just talked to her last week...)
To: skeptoid
Man, that is one sick looking puppy.
To: skeptoid
A good paint job and maybe the could sell to Oscar Meyer.
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posted on
09/16/2006 8:43:17 PM PDT
by
ThomasThomas
(I did use spell check!)
To: skeptoid
Geeesh, that thing is HUGE! How many babies is she expecting?
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posted on
09/16/2006 8:44:46 PM PDT
by
NCC-1701
(RADICAL ISLAM IS A CULT. IT MUST BE ELIMINATED FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH.)
To: skeptoid
Does anyone know who the father is? I sure hope it wasn't an Airbus.
To: skeptoid
Looks like it could carry a pretty big MOAB. :O)
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posted on
09/16/2006 8:46:49 PM PDT
by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
(Democrats. French, but more cowardly.)
To: skeptoid
Here's the loader at the plant in Italy:
This cargo loader, designed and built by TLD at its facility in Sherbrooke, Quebec, will be used to load the Alenia fuselage sections and horizontal stabilizer on to the Large Cargo Freighter for the trip to Charleston, S.C. The loader is 118 feet long and has a maximum speed of 10 m.p.h. Its empty weight is 220,000 pounds. The loader, which has 32 tires, can lift up to 150,000 pounds, or 68 tons..
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posted on
09/16/2006 8:48:23 PM PDT
by
endthematrix
(None dare call it ISLAMOFACISM!)
To: NCC-1701
You know how air traffic controllers and pilots refer to wide-body passenger jets as "heavies" over the radio? Just what do you call that?
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posted on
09/16/2006 8:52:01 PM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: 1rudeboy
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posted on
09/16/2006 8:54:01 PM PDT
by
NCC-1701
(RADICAL ISLAM IS A CULT. IT MUST BE ELIMINATED FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH.)
To: skeptoid
It looks like the A380, but I know it's a better plane.
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posted on
09/16/2006 8:54:35 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: NCC-1701
Morbisly = Morbidly. Sorry about that.
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posted on
09/16/2006 8:54:51 PM PDT
by
NCC-1701
(RADICAL ISLAM IS A CULT. IT MUST BE ELIMINATED FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH.)
To: NCC-1701
LOL
Flight 272 massive, you are cleared for take-off on Runway 25 Right.
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posted on
09/16/2006 8:57:20 PM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: NCC-1701
Naw its pregnant, in 9 months it will hatch a 787 ;)
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posted on
09/16/2006 8:59:46 PM PDT
by
BladeLWS
To: 1rudeboy
How about using some FR lingo.
Flight 272 Hugh, you are cleared to taxiway 3 Bravo and hold for takeoff.
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posted on
09/16/2006 9:00:21 PM PDT
by
NCC-1701
(RADICAL ISLAM IS A CULT. IT MUST BE ELIMINATED FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH.)
To: skeptoid
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posted on
09/16/2006 9:01:37 PM PDT
by
endthematrix
(None dare call it ISLAMOFACISM!)
To: Ready4Freddy
Give it a name contest!
"The Flying Turtle"?
"The Timid Turtle"?
"Flying Sock Puppet"?
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posted on
09/16/2006 9:02:02 PM PDT
by
cookcounty
(Army vet, Army Dad)
To: endthematrix
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posted on
09/16/2006 9:02:16 PM PDT
by
endthematrix
(None dare call it ISLAMOFACISM!)
To: CWOJackson
It's a modified 747-400F.
Here is an interesting story.
Airbus acquired a bunch of aircraft called Guppies to transport sections of aircraft from the various European factories. Many of the Guppies were originally built for NASA and the Apollo program.
Much to Airbus' chagrin, these Guppies were modified Boeing C-97's or Stratocruisers. So for years, Airbus had to contend with the fact that "Every Airbus Began its Life in the Belly of a Boeing."
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posted on
09/16/2006 9:02:22 PM PDT
by
COEXERJ145
(Free Republic is Currently Suffering a Pandemic of “Bush Derangement Syndrome.”)
To: skeptoid
All the way from Asia and a lousy bag of pretzels?!
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posted on
09/16/2006 9:05:21 PM PDT
by
llevrok
(When you take my gin from my cold, dead hand....)
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