es330td wrote:

I had never seen a plane with engines side by
side like that save the fast movers like the T-38/F-5, F-14, etc. and
those are all fuselage mounted rather than hung outside the body. I
definitely learned something new today.

Really?

Vickers VC-10:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Vickers_VC10_from_the_rear_arp.jpg
http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/0/8/8/1215880.jpg

Ilyushin IL-62:
http://www.civilaviation.eu/images/Ilyushin/IL-62_CCCP-86523.jpg
http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/7/2/4/1135427.jpg