|P-61 Black Widow|
Flight of the Phoenix. The plane was the C-119 Boxcar. It had a large central nacelle where cargo and crew were. The rear of that nacelle featured large doors that opened to the sides. Now cargo planes have a very different design for the rear doors that allows for more traditional craft design. In the movie, the plane crashes and the survivors make a new plane using one engine boom and attaching the wings to it. I do recommend the movie. A remake was made of it in 2004, but I like the original.
|He 111 z|
Wow! There's a lot of these twin boom aircraft. From the P-38 to the modern WhiteKnightTwo, it seems these configurations aren't going away. There are even unmanned aerial vehicles with twin booms. This types of aircraft have a multitude of uses. I believe they are a prime example of what makes airplanes so great.