Originally Posted by
meleagertoo
Of course they all must have been heavily influenced by the Comet which was the Daddy of them all; we know the Caravelle was part Comet anyway.
There was an early DH106 project which was a canard and which had three engines buried in the rear fuselage. We were able to quote that layout when Sud Aviation wanted us to pay royalties for the rear-engined layout of the Trident.