Pulling a heavy aircraft with a stock vehicle?

[GR_CoB]

A small tribute to the times when car manufacturers used aircrafts to promote their vehicles. Are there more of these?

2012 Toyota Tundra pulling a 292,000 lbs shuttle.

Nissan (Y62) Patrol, aka Armada, pulling an Ilyushin Il-76, ~376,000lbs.

A 1972 Chevy pulling a Boeing 747-123, ~318,000lbs.

2006 VW Touareg pulling a Boeing 747-400, ~404,000lbs.

EV MINI pulling a Boeing 777F, ~330,000lbs.

Porsche Cayenne pulling an Airbus A380, ~628,000lbs. The current world record?

 

[GR_CoB]

"Honorable" mentions

That time when Tesla was proud of the Cybertruck towing a Jet engine, somehow without breaking off the tow hitch off the frame.

And that time when a HERO Nissan Frontier saved an aircraft (in an alternate universe lol).

 

[Lubener]

Some of these images look phoney to me.

 

[FowVay]

I have moved a lot of narrow body aircraft around the Atlanta airport with this little 4-cylinder diesel powered, 74 hp Tug GT-35. A car wouldn't last two hours on the ramp with the abuse they must take.

 

[wings&wheels]

Ahhh, the rare 747-400 w/ the siamesed engine pod option. I remember them well

 

[ATex7239]

Now this is impressive.

 

[AZjeff]

Does it have to be an airplane? How about a train?

 

[billt460]

Imagine this one at a corn on the cob eating contest.

 

[97prizm]

Ahhh, the rare 747-400 w/ the siamesed engine pod option. I remember them well

Ive never noticed or seen that before. Was that some option that Boeing offered to improve performance in certain conditions?

 

[Pablo]

Imagine this one at a corn on the cob eating contest.

cob and all

Jaws!!!!!!!!!

 

[wings&wheels]

Ive never noticed or seen that before. Was that some option that Boeing offered to improve performance in certain conditions?

It is Photoshop....bad Photoshop.

 

[I<3oil]

Ahhh, the rare 747-400 w/ the siamesed engine pod option. I remember them well

https://www.reddit.com/r/WeirdWings/s/oAKg2Wa4MJ

 

[wings&wheels]

https://www.reddit.com/r/WeirdWings/s/oAKg2Wa4MJ

I stand corrected, it is not bad Photoshop, it is a bad movie prop!! Make that a bad prop for a movie, Casino Royale wasn't that bad.

 

[RoadDukie]

I stand corrected, it is not bad Photoshop, it is a bad movie prop!! Make that a bad prop for a movie, Casino Royale wasn't that bad.

From what I heard, this was the rarely used factory ordered Boeing B-52 option on the 747.

 

[ms21043]

Pulling is not the problem, stopping all that weight is.