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more about #longbeach more comments → Skunky: Pfft, I'm surprised no one has made the comment that Long Beach is pretty well accustomed to having oversized planes trucked through it. more » Mekkon: C'mon now. Is this is going to Va just for training - practice loading and unloading - wouldn't it be cheaper to just build a perfect full size model... more » Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing: This entire exercise was done with the express intent of giving the Wiener Mobile an inferiority complex. Tomorrow night Pfizer will close down PCH to... more » Novaload: They're going to be pissed when they realize they forgot the wings. more » dwegmull comments for the purpose of obscurity: QOTD: What's your favorite car to drive on the PCH? Answer: not this one. more » Joshuman: Here in the Pacific Northwest we often see fuselages in transport on semi trailers. Boeing has a fleet of trailers that have a tail driver who sits be... more » citroën67: Seems like a long, out of the way trip just to get it to VA. Why didn't they just finish building it, and fly the damn thing? more » Turboner: The fuselage is my favorite sex position. more » 413wedge: Fly Obamaair! Appears to be another stunt where feds and contractors burn cash like crack whores on crack just because they can. more » f86sabre: I’m guessing that this fuselage was a static or fatigue test article based on all the load points that are bolted to the exterior of the fuselage. ... more » smalleyxb122: This is your captain speaking. We have reached our cruising altitude of 7 feet. I have turned off the seatbelt sign, but please remain seated. It l... more » snarktastic: By the way, these planes are IMPRESSIVE as hell. I've seen them doing some nutty shit over Charleston, they are fat as hell, fast, huge, and apparentl... more » HammSammich: We have just borne witness to the rise of the Nimitz Class Motorhome. I expect to see these closing down highways in Arizona and Florida very soon. more » engineerd: Well, now I know how I'm shipping the Jalopnik-brand brefass scotch to the COTD winner tonight. more » htrodblder: I see Boeing is offering planes as "kits" now more » -
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Boeing C-17 Fuselage Trucked Through Long Beach Streets In Dead Of Night
A brand-new Boeing C-17 cargo plane fuselage was trucked out of Long Beach, California last night via the Pacific Coast Highway to a ship waiting to transport the 50-ton plane to Virginia for training use. Video below. More » -
