I saw these in Iraq when they were there. They're so unlike anything I'd seen that I couldn't take my eyes off them. It was the same way (though much less so) when the C-17 first came out as I was used to seeing C-141's and the occassional C-5 at the time.

Nice pictures. Here is another interesting view:

I think those things killed more test pilots than the B-29, although I could be wrong.

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Originally posted by jetdrvr:
I think those things killed more test pilots than the B-29, although I could be wrong.

Century serie kill many test pilot and not test pilot too, for decade. New thing alway risky.

Really?