Actually, not seeing a lot of usefulness compared to other options...
1. Attached modules need to be faired (rounded, as in the example shown) or this a/c will not handle well in the air - in fact, probably dangerously in some wind/airspeed conditions.
2. If faired and rounded, you then have a large container (with amounts of dead space due to fairing) ... sitting at the airfield. This will need some large (specialized) vehicle to pick it up and move it (which comes from where?)
For the same effort, you can build an a/c with a cargo section that can handle standardized storage containers (such as Conex boxes), preferably with an internal system to move the containers.
As set of containers could be built to contain modular sections of whatever you wanted in the pre-packed module, and can more easily be moved to somewhere other than an airfield.
Does not require specially-built module or special module handling vehicle; can be used w/o specially built module; can be used with a wide variety of existing transport options (trucks, helis, barges).
You lose the "Thunderbirds Are Go" cachet, which is a shame, but I am not seeing an advantage.
Uncle Ted
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