Andreas Parsch wrote:

John wrote:
is it just me, or does the ATT bear a strong resemblance to the
German Me 323 Gigant ?

Well ... it's just you ;-). Other than both being large transport aircraft,
I fail to see any commonality.

But it's possible that other individuals on r.a.m. will come forward and
explain that _every_ modern airlifter owes _a lot_ to German wartime
designs ;-)!

SCNR
Andreas

I was referring to the sketches at the bottom on the Boeing webpage.
the multiwheel layout, the blunt bulbous shape .

http://www.boeing.com/phantom/att.html

FWIW: I spent many hours inside several variants of trash haulers
so I find them to be a fine aircraft, enough so, that I have
left
lot of them in mid-flight.. Airborne ;-) Herc's are
beautiful !