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[odd variants] Honeywell's Star-trek a-like 757 (commons.wikimedia.org)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I am starting a small series on the "odd variants" of some aircraft types. This is the first post 🙂 Please upvote if you would like to see more ✈️

Honeywell owns a 757-200 with RR-engines. They have fitted their 757 with a small, 3rd, wing to test avionics, engines and other instruments. So far it has carried a jet engine, prop engine and instruments..

It is an early 757 from 1983: the 5th delivered 757. Delivered to the now defunct Eastern Airlines. Honeywell aquired it in 2005 as N757HW.

Picture source // aeroprints.com

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I thought this was a shitty photoshop at first

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Haha, Google the registration (N757HW) and you will find some nice additional photos from other angles of this aircraft. Some photo-angles definitely look like if the aircraft is not real.

How would this aircraft behave in-flight? With the added drag on the 3rd-wing side, the aircraft will most likely pull to that side. Imagine flying a cross-wind landing and having the added drag. Nice pilot challenge ;-)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Well if the extra engine is turned off, it'll probably be the first time you ever hear an instructor say "More left rudder!"

[–] Slacking 1 points 1 year ago

Very cool!