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Did Boeing or Lockheed ever seriously consider releasing a widebody airliner powered by low-bypass engines?
During the 1960s race to build the first widebody jetliner, each of the three major engine manufacturers was racing to put out a high-bypass engine for one of those jumbo jets:
Boeing went with Pratt ...
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What are the unusually-enlarged wing sections on this P-38 Lightning?
Halfway through this video of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning, there's an unusual-looking example. Notice the enlarged wing sections outboard of the engine bodies, and also how the cockpit fairing ...
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Why did Lockheed abandon the Constellation II?
It’s well known that Lockheed never designed a first-generation jetliner.
Not as well known: they actually did!
The L-193 Constellation II, a quadjet with four tail-mounted engines (a configuration ...
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