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Ask the pilot

Oversized and overhyped, the world's biggest plane is here. Is the Airbus A380 the "most hideous airliner ever conceived"?
By Patrick Smith

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  • Thursday, November 8, 2007 10:12 PM

    Boeing almost made the ugliest airliner

    i came across this in wikipedia, something called the "Hunchback of Mukilteo", that combined a 767 with the aft portion of the 757. this would have really looked out of place. i'm glad someone came to their senses and canned it.

    http://books.google.com/books?id=86Tq6pQ0xf8C&pg=PA11&lpg=PA11&dq=hunchback+mukilteo+757&source=web&ots=P4j1OS3O9_&sig=iwxued6iMJ-CEtU4KeITSIQVXGk

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