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There's no way anyone can beat the engine count on a Boeing [[B-52]] Stratocruiser, as 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, as 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. | ||
“[[Eight jet engines]]” is its own kind of [[knee-slide]], and [[legal eagle]]s of a certain vintage (mine) may happily squawk it, as they | “[[Eight jet engines]]” is its own kind of [[knee-slide]], and [[legal eagle]]s of a certain vintage (mine) may happily squawk it, as they dispatch that exquisitely-timed [[mark-up]], wry rejoinder, devastating [[provuso]], or [[oneNDA|potentially game-changing industry initiative]]. | ||
But careful: it is easy to confuse a real [[eight jet engines]] situation with the much less edifying “[[two Wankel engines]]” scenario — so named for the Mazda RX-3’s curious double rotary configuration, as featured in [[Top Trumps]] | But careful: it is easy to confuse a real [[eight jet engines]] situation with the much less edifying “[[two Wankel engines]]” scenario — so named for the Mazda RX-3’s curious double rotary configuration, as featured in [[Top Trumps]] Supercars edition. | ||
The rotary Mazda is basically ''[[sui generis]]'', and in the context of the game, just confusing, and you wonder what the manufacturers had in mind by including it. | The rotary Mazda is basically ''[[sui generis]]'', and in the context of the game, just confusing, and you wonder what the manufacturers had in mind by including it. | ||