Photo: Neither a new black project nor a UFO. This is “just” a huge B-1 bomber being trucked

Published on: September 8, 2012 at 9:45 PM

The following impressive picture was taken by Russell Hill in the night between Friday  Sept. 7 and Saturday, when a B-1 bomber fuselage owned by Boeing was being trucked from Portland International Airport to Boeing Field, in Seattle.

Escorted by several Washington State Patrol cars, the weird load left Portland about 11.30 p.m. on Sept. 7. It travels on Interstate 5 overnight at 30 mph and after a stop in Olympia (from where it’s due to leave at 2.30 a.m. on Sunday) it’s scheduled to reach Boeing Field by 6.30 a.m. on Sunday.

The Boeing B-1 Lancer is a strategic bomber, capable of carrying the largest payload of both guided and unguided weapons in the U.S. Air Force inventory.

Image credit: Russell Hill

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David Cenciotti is a journalist based in Rome, Italy. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviationist”, one of the world’s most famous and read military aviation blogs. Since 1996, he has written for major worldwide magazines, including Air Forces Monthly, Combat Aircraft, and many others, covering aviation, defense, war, industry, intelligence, crime and cyberwar. He has reported from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Syria, and flown several combat planes with different air forces. He is a former 2nd Lt. of the Italian Air Force, a private pilot and a graduate in Computer Engineering. He has written five books and contributed to many more ones.
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