How about worst looking airliner?

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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"Ron Natalie" wrote in message
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For the big boys, the DC-10/MD-11 Engine #2 really looked like a wart
compared to the L-1011 configuration.


The rear engine on the DC-10 looked like an afterthought. Of course, if
they had made it look "right", like Lockheed did, it couldn't have become
the KC-10.

I'm not sure that would have been the case. The 727 similar S-ducted
center
engine and still has room for rear airstairs.

"Ron Natalie" wrote in message
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I'm not sure that would have been the case. The 727 similar S-ducted
center engine and still has room for rear airstairs.


It wasn't a matter of not having room for the boom operator, it was the
effect on the receiving aircraft.

Steven P. McNicoll writes:

[ L-1011 vs. DC-10 #2 engine placement ]

It wasn't a matter of not having room for the boom operator,
it was the effect on the receiving aircraft.


The RAF has used Tristar tankers for years. They use the
U.S. Navy-style probe and drogue refueling system, which,
if I remember correctly, appears to place receiving aircraft
at least as close to the #2 engine exhaust stream as the boom
system would've.



Geoff

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"Geoff Miller" wrote in message
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Steven P. McNicoll writes:

[ L-1011 vs. DC-10 #2 engine placement ]

It wasn't a matter of not having room for the boom operator,
it was the effect on the receiving aircraft.


The RAF has used Tristar tankers for years. They use the
U.S. Navy-style probe and drogue refueling system, which,
if I remember correctly, appears to place receiving aircraft
at least as close to the #2 engine exhaust stream as the boom
system would've.


B777 - bland boring unimaginative and just dull.

"Dave" wrote in
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B777 - bland boring unimaginative and just dull.




Still better looking than the A320 series though... they look like a flying
math equation. I remember a time when the pointy end of a jetliner used to
be put on the front.

Dave writes:

B777 - bland boring unimaginative and just dull.


That's true of most airliners nowadays. Everything
looks generic, with two engines either under the
wings or stuck onto the aft fuselage. I never
thought I'd consider the once-ubiquitous 727 to be
exotic. but as far as design and appearance are
concerned, it certainly is by today's standards.



Geoff

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