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HI,

I saw a plane yesterday that confused the heck out of me. I didn’t get to take a picture but imagine a 747 with only one engine per wing, completely white besides a blue belly and no markings. It was parked away from the terminals, easily visible when you get off the 105 towards the airport.

I was wondering how I would be able to identify it, if I had a theory as to when it landed. Like around 2:30 pm to 3:00 pm yesterday (3/12/17).

Thanks!

Parked away from the terminals, like over by where the cargo companies operate?

I can’t think of any commercial liveries that are white with a blue belly (other than the old United livery), so likely a cargo plane.

Are you sure it had an upper deck, or a partial upper deck? I don’t know of any still-operating two-deck aircraft with only two engines, but I am not the geekiest of avgeeks.

Otherwise, maybe a cargo 747 with engines off for maintenance?

Only thing flying that looks like it should be 2 decks and have 2 engines is the Airbus Beluga.

[URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_Beluga[/URL]
[URL]http://www.airbus.com/aircraftfamilies/freighter/beluga/[/URL]
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But the color is wrong and not sure what one would be doing at LAX, even if they do get around from time to time.