It looks like the design engineers have been working overtime over at Airbus lately.
Now, they've come up with an "innovative" detachable passenger compartment and according to some news sources, it's a "bold leap forward with new technology that will revolutionize the passenger and cargo...
Bernard Fall's book on Dien Bien Phu (Hell in a very small place) has made me realize what a game changer the C-119 transport aircraft was. French forces employed both C-119s and C-47s to supply the fortified outpost.
C-47 dropped about 3 tons of cargo but required about 10 passes over drop...