Eight jet engines

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The magnificent B-52 Superfortress with its, in this day and age, unfeasibly high engine count.

The unbeatable card[1] in Top Trumps. There's no way anyone can beat the Boeing B-52 Stratocruiser, because there is not an aircraft designer in history who would be foolish enough to try to fit nine engines on a plane - these days, four is considered profligate - and unlike with the Top Trumps supercars edition there is no magnificent flying machine equipped with one wankel engine to “queer the pitch”.

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  1. Known in poker as “the nuts”, when you know based on the cards on the table that your hand can’t be beaten, or like crying "who’s queen?" during a game of Frisbee (when you happen to be Queen).