What is this aircraft?

[topgun260]

Interesting aircraft spotted at the Southern California Logistics Airport near Victorville, CA this month.

http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...-photographed-at-california-airport-last-week

 

[paflyer]

Any guys dressed in battle gear standing nearby?

 

[azblackbird]

Richard Branson project.

 

[paflyer]

Nope.

 

[mscard88]

Blimp?

Jared (Subway dude)?

 

[RyanB]

A leaked image from Area 51?

 

[SkyDog58]

Movie prop.

 

[mscard88]

How about this one:

 

[RyanB]

Fox News and CNN just said it's a Boeing 747, should've checked there beforehand.

 

[mscard88]

Fox News and CNN just said it's a Boeing 747, should've checked there beforehand.

Yeah but what does Richard Quest think?

 

[RyanB]

Yeah but what does Richard Quest think?

He says that it struggles to maintain level flight with empty fuel tanks.

 

[mscard88]

He says that it cannot maintain level flight with empty fuel tanks.

Eh he's an idiot! Sure it can, thermals.

 

[RyanB]

Eh he's an idiot! Sure it can, thermals.

Excellent journalism

 

[N659HB]

It's a Cessna, of course! At least to mainstream media...

 

[mscard88]

Excellent journalism

Gawd that was such a joke!

CNN at their best.

 

[SkyDog58]

Yeah but what does Richard Quest think?

So does he go by Dick Quest? If so, has he had success?

 

[mscard88]

So does he go by Dick Quest? If so, has he had success?

On CNN!

 

[X3 Skier]

CNN says it's a new Tesla.

MSNBC says it's a Hyperloop Pod

FOX News reckons it a Bullet Train Engine for the CA High Speed Rail.

Cheers

 

[zaitcev]

Interesting aircraft spotted at the Southern California Logistics Airport near Victorville, CA this month.

https://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Victorville-Mystery-Aircraft-Details-Emerge-229148-1.html

 

[Tantalum]

Thanks, so basically small flying pods...

 

[wilkersk]

Cellera 500L with combination turbocharger and "supplemental thrust device." ---Say whaaaaa....?

 

[Todd82]

From the side view it looks like the love child between a Piaggio and a Titan Tornado.

 

[X3 Skier]

Looking at the prop, the only way that thing will get airborne is driving over a cliff.

Cheers

 

[NoHeat]

https://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Victorville-Mystery-Aircraft-Details-Emerge-229148-1.html

It says this: "The aircraft is registered to Otto Aviation Group LLC ..."

So, it's a flying Otto!

 

[Pilawt]

And by definition, anyone flying it is an Otto pilot.

 

[NoHeat]

Looking at the prop, the only way that thing will get airborne is driving over a cliff.

Cheers

You said that in jest, but I think you've actually made a viable suggestion.

Make it a glider. It's the only way it can serve as an aircraft.

With that in mind, maybe your cliff will actually be part of their testing plan!

 

[Anthony]

The media got it right for once. They said it was an "AK-47".

 

[AggieMike88]

"supplemental thrust device."

First prototyped by Dr. Emilio Lizardo. The ground crew is sometimes referred to as "The Hong Kong Cavaliers"

 

[Clark1961]

First prototyped by Dr. Emilio Lizardo. The ground crew is sometimes referred to as "The Hong Kong Cavaliers"

John Smallberries and John Bigbooty will be stopping by to help out.

 

[G-Man]

It's Big Bu Tay!!!