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  1. Dec 8, 2018, 04:48 PM #1
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    1950 trailer truck airplane - GIF, video, and photos

    The Fairchild XC-120 Packplane, a 1950 experimental airplane with removable cargo pods. Only one was built.



    On the ground:




    Composite image (that's why you see two XC-120s, when only one was ever built):



    4:25 video:



    This was the fixed-wing version of the Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane helicopter:



    More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairch...-120_Packplane

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