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{{a|metaphor|[[File:Eight jet engines.jpeg|center|450px|thumb|The magnificent B-52 Superfortress with its, in this day and age, | {{a|metaphor|[[File:Eight jet engines.jpeg|center|450px|thumb|The magnificent B-52 Superfortress with its, in this day and age. So many engines, they had level the playi9jng field for sensitive modern types by removing the category altogether.]]}}“The nuts”, when engaged in a game of [[Top Trumps]] military planes edition. | ||
There’s no way anyone can beat the engine count on a Boeing [[B-52]] Stratocruiser: there is not an aircraft designer in history foolish enough to try to fit ''nine'' engines on the same plane — these days, four is considered profligate — and even in the giddy heights of the Cold War, Boeing only tried it once. Thus the B-52 stands alone, quite impeachable. | There’s no way anyone can beat the engine count on a Boeing [[B-52]] Stratocruiser: there is not an aircraft designer in history foolish enough to try to fit ''nine'' engines on the same plane — these days, four is considered profligate — and even in the giddy heights of the Cold War, Boeing only tried it once. Thus the B-52 stands alone, quite impeachable. | ||
[[File:Eight jet engines.png|200px|thumb|left|With engine count, in original.]] | [[File:Eight jet engines.png|200px|thumb|left|With engine count, in original 1970s edition.]] | ||
So good, in fact, that in the modern game they ''removed'' the engine count criteria altogether. | So good, in fact, that in the modern game they ''removed'' the engine count criteria altogether. | ||