[Prophet in the wilderness]

I have seen pictures of a 747 with 5 engines on the wings, the 5 th engine was only being carry to another destination for another plane.
About that modification on that 747 that ferries the space shuttle to Florida ?
The other modifications are ?
They had to do some structural beefing up modifications , and, they had to modify the vertical stabilizer, because the space shuttle on top of the 747 caused turbulence, and diminished the pilots ability to control the plane.
They had to ( looks like training wheels on a bike, or ears, ) attach mini vertical stabilizers to the main vertical stabilizer to allow the pilot to control the 747.
Just take a look at that huge Russian giant of a plane ? it also has those " dual mini vertical stabilizers " that looks like ears , but, the Russian plane does not have a main rear stabilizer.

[FreedomCalls]

I have seen pictures of a 747 with 5 engines on the wings, the 5 th engine was only being carry to another destination for another plane.

Not a Photoshop.

[GGpaX4DumpedTea]

Thanks for the detail on the modifications to the 747 for the shuttle piggyback job.

For a time I worked in Northern Ireland for an American company and I sent one of my engineers to South Africa to handle a problem. It was on his flight from London to Johannesburg that the unscheduled stop in Nairobi was made, and he told me that it was a bit of a strange feeling to look out the window at that 5th engine strapped to the wing.