Originally Posted by
TURIN
Fixed it for you.
OK, just how many commercial aircraft currently flying have the engines imbedded in the wing? Putting the engines in pods on the wings was a breakthrough (pioneered on the B-47). Quite simply a better solution.
The Comet was close, but just like disc brakes and many other things, while the Brits came up with the basic idea, someone else figured out how to make it work reliably and profitably...
BTW, pretty good article on the subject here:
https://www.popularmechanics.com/fli...ws&date=062918