Originally Posted by
Jazzop
3. Knock down the A/C (or, in the case of a new A/C, leave the last assembly steps unfinished), and ship it inside a ship or cargo airplane. Helicopters get transported this way very often, and many planes can be quite compact once you remove the wings. This is how we get all those EU-built gliders over here in the USA.
In a previous life, as a marine cargo superintendent, I saw this all the time onboard large Ro-Ro ships (Roll on/Roll off). With the wings off, these RJ aircraft can be carried without much problem on large Ro-Ro ships. BTW it's the same way that locomotives, large construction equipment and many large industrial components are shipped between continents.
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