>>Promo pic for McLaren P1 (see attached)
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>>The aircraft in the background has at least 4 turbofan engines, in twin-pod configuration. That configuration is not commonly used. There are some examples such as B-36 and B-47 but those use twin turbojet, not turbofan, engines.
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>>I'm 99% sure it's not a B-52H, you can Google images for those engines, the inlet looks significantly different.
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>>It's defeated my Google-fu so far ...
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>Actually, the B36 was piston driven.
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http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pknox/b36/engine.htmlAccording to Wikipedia, it was a "hybrid" of sorts:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_B-36_Peacemaker#Addition_of_jet_propulsion
Regards. Al
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