• Skua@kbin.earth
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        22 hours ago

        The GlobalEye looks like a regular airliner with some stuff glued on to it. The C295 with the super high-mounted wings and unusually-tapered fuselage that seems to have been designed to match the wingtips definitely looks weird even before the surveillance stuff gets attached

        • Quittenbrot@feddit.org
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          13 hours ago

          The C295 is based on the CN-235, which was originally designed as a transport aircraft. Hence, the wings are high-mounted for clearance and the tail is moved up for a rear hatch/ramp to fit. The fuselage of the C295 was elongated by adding segments, adding to that ‘weird’ look. I quite like it.

      • huppakee@lemmy.world
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        1 day ago

        That plane should consider itself lucky Wikipedia shows a picture of it from a more straight-forward angle lol.