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It's the Aero Spacelines Super Guppy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aero_Spacelines_Super_Guppy

It's a real photograph. Credits are there in bottom-right corner.

Downside is that F414 in Mk-1 airframe will be inefficient and will not be able to achieve it's potential due to inadequate air-flow owing to it's smaller inlets. So while it is possible to install the new engine, thanks to the interoperable nature of this series of GE engines, it won't grant a...

@Zebra @Rahul Singh It is not so easy. The problem is that LCA was never designed keeping a particular family of engines in mind. The F414 weighs more & requires higher airflow which means larger air intakes - which upsets the CoG & reduces the amount of wing area available to generate lift...

They need Mk-1 for testing for the time being. Mk-2 is years away. No Mk-2 is going to enter service before 2020, so yeah, Vikrant will be having MiG-29K alone for a nice long time.

Incorporation of F414 requires an almost completely redesigned airframe. Only the NLCA Mk-2 and the IAF Mk-2 can have it. All Mk-1 and Mk-1A aircraft, from both services, will have F404 only.

Neither NP-1 nor NP-2 are seen with an arrestor hook. So only the STO part of STOBAR is validated so far. Doing a recovery test will obviously require the hook to be installed in the first place.