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Mid-wing, twin 747?!?!

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Old 6th Nov 2012, 22:18
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Mid-wing, twin 747?!?!
from Boeing patent award from 28 June 2012...747 twin...

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Would merit the name 'BUFF' for sure!
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5m dia engine??

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and just in case....

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Low-cost (or mid-Asia) option -- buy some Bear engines?
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747, two full length passenger decks, no overwing emergency exit? Hmm, funny-looking 747 even without the other two engines.
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now you can ask for a wingbox seat!

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Will that be a swim-thru fuel tank, then, or a swimming pool?
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They've obviously seen the modified one at Dunsfold; ok it's still got 4 engines but only 2 pods.
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