Non AWS Related Plane Thing

[Dave4468]

For those of us in the UK who enjoy Top Gear I have a question.

In the background there of their track features there is an aircraft. It clearly started life as a B747 of some type but has an odd engine arrangement where the two inner pylons have something that looks like a B52 engine pod with two engines in each pod and then a tank of some sort on the two outer pods.

What is it?


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[luke3]

It's the plane used in filming 007 Casinò Royale, never flew and never will in that configuration 

[Sigma]

What Luke said.

[Dave4468]

Oh yea, so it is. Thanks guys. 

[Sami]

btw. Top Gear 4ever!     The best car show...


(ps.  .. I am not The Stig.. even got a t-shirt to prove it.)

[ICEcoldair881]

I may be from across the pond in Canada, but TOP GEAR RULES

I don't know if anyone has noticed over the past episodes etc but there has been a DC-3, possibly an old Junkers Ju-something and I saw a couple times a number of cessnas and whatnot. seems like they're no strangers to airplanes.

edit: Jeremy also towed it in they're tractor episode.

[Jps]

And don't forget the episode in which they drove cars behind a 747 with full powered engines 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bcArT6TaaM

[Dave4468]

Being based on an active airfield does mean they see the odd plane! 

And I've spotted the DC-3 now and again. And of course James May is a qualified pilot.

[mikk_13]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqthC6HVWb0


this is may in his 'plane'