ExPratt From United States of America, joined Mar 2000, 311 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (12 years 11 months 3 weeks 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 920 times:
Tritanic From United States of America, joined Jul 2010, 0 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (12 years 11 months 3 weeks 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 912 times:
For a passenger/cargo airlines I believe this is probably the largest.
Samurai 777 From Canada, joined Jan 2000, 2451 posts, RR: 5 Reply 3, posted (12 years 11 months 3 weeks 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 887 times:
The Il-86 was originally designed to have a T-tail and four rear-mounted engines, rather like a really fat Il-62. But the Ilyushin Design Bureau realized that there'd be serious weight penalties on that kind of widebody. In other words, a T-tailed Il-86 would've been far too heavy in the rear and thus requiring more powerful and less efficient engines. So Ilyushin decided to make the Il-86's design based on the A300, except that the Il-86 would have four engines.
Boeing did also consider a T-tailed twijet version of the 767 back in the late '70s, but chose the present design for practical reasons.
Fanofjets From United States of America, joined Apr 2000, 1894 posts, RR: 3 Reply 6, posted (12 years 11 months 3 weeks 2 days 1 hour ago) and read 816 times:
Two other military aircraft (though neither saw production):
Boeing YC-14, powered by two GE CF-6 turbofans
McDonnel Douglass YC-15, powered by four PW JT-8Ds
The latter evolved into the C-17; as for the former, one of two prototypes is now a museum relic.
As for commercial operations, I believe the Ilyushin Il-76, another 1970s design (featured in Tritanic's post), is the only one.
The aeroplane has unveiled for us the true face of the earth. -Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Trvlr From United States of America, joined Feb 2000, 4430 posts, RR: 24 Reply 7, posted (12 years 11 months 3 weeks 2 days 1 hour ago) and read 812 times:
Sammyk From United States of America, joined Oct 1999, 1686 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (12 years 11 months 3 weeks 2 days 1 hour ago) and read 808 times:
Wasn't the BAC-211 (maybe 311?) going to be a T-Tail with 2 RR RB.211s on its tail, but cancelled due to the Airbus A300?
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