Transavia Airtruk handling display - Bicentennial Airshow 

And impossibly overloaded, at that!

Some even like the fat ones 😂

That’s not flying - it’s the earth repelling it for being just so.....wrong!

I heard that the lower wings technically could supply enough lift for the entire plane, but it seems unlikely. But notice how narrow the wing span is - good for tight clearances. Everything about that plane is designed in fitness for purpose

i know lots of people say its ugly but there is one at my local air museum and i always love seeing it

me too.....XD

like the BeeGee in it's own quirky uniqueness, i love it

Beauty truly is in the eye of the beholder

​@@TeeveepicksuresBeeGee does not have anything in common with this because it looks awesome. This one is more like a russian Stromovic or how they call it: ugly.

Well done😂

...me too....all my life,.....

😂😂😂😂👍👍👍👍

Was 1969 so I was close, thank you Mr Google.

....i worn you dad....... XD

🤣🤣🤣 excellent memory there 👍🏻👌🏻

No need to feel shy, they do look odd and attractive in the air. I must look for any images, but one was used as a glider tug at the International Gliding Championships somewhere around the NSW/Victoria border either late 2016 or early 2017. That would've looked very interesting.

.......is always pretty.....

I know, no bloke wants to walk into the party with the ugly shiela, no matter how good a cook she is or can do a full compression test in five minutes and can beat everyone else in Trivial Pursuit and knows how to ease the deepest tension in a blokes body. He wants to walk in with the Miss Universe that everyone thinks is the best root that they'd ever meet, even though she's so inept she'd burn the water for a cuppa. And there's quite few planes like that, look ordinary, but make you feel like a real pilot, but no-one sees you arrive and taxi in. And some, so they tell me, the best part of the trip is going full lean on the hardstand in front of the hangar. From what I've read, when a pilot understood the Airtruk, it was a capable and well behaved plane but too many pilots treated them poorly and paid the price. Hope that you've seen my other video with the Ceres flying in an airshow at Tyabb? On the car bit, I've got a friend who's got a Morgan, not because it's a nice car to drive, but because it gets him noticed. Bright yellow.

Dont actually know why all need recognition by things. Better do sth. special worth noticing. Cheers mate In peace we walk.

If it's ugly, but it works, it's no longer ugly.

I think that this aircraft use was as a crop duster and had a large tank mounted under the cockpit

It's meant to be utilitarian. I don't think they designed it with a beauty pageant in mind

It keeps the pilot and the cargo at the center of gravity. Thats what makes it a air truck. No change in pitch moment when loaded or unloaded. Also the pilot is at the CG point. That makes for a smoother ride and better feel of the airplane.

Would you like any more reasons? : )

I wouldn't mind doing it, and neither would Short Brothers in Belfast.

I think TZZ still in occasional use around Albury

Check out the one with the Radial

Until you have zero rudder or elevator authority because the tails aren't in the slipstream...

@@daleyoung87 very true

No worries. They are aerobatic.

No, no it’s not

Because the downwash on the tailplane of a conventional aircraft from dumping a ton of water (it carried a ton) causes it to pitch violently nose-up (essentially out of control). Pellarini shifted the twin tails out of the downwash, so the Airtruk did not do this. You can see it dumping a load of water at low level; notice that it did not upset the aircraft at all. I flew both the 300 HP version and the 400 HP version; they were fun to fly, but very noisy.

@@dafyddllewellyn6636 Awesome. I guess that makes sense.

No, actually; it was quite easy to fly.

FWIW, I noticed that as well. I thought maybe he was reacting to *something else*. I have heard an Airtruk run, and it is NOT that loud....

Of course, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but I find all aeroplanes attractive. Some more than others. At about the same time as your comment came in, I was talking with a chap who just out of the blue said that he'd like to take an Airtruk as his touring plane of choice. Carry any amount of luggage fly for hours and land almost anywhere. His present plane is an Airtourer so the Airtruk does have advantages over the Airtourer.