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Four-engine aircraft are fuel hungry. In an age where the environment — and let's not kid ourselves, profit — are of utmost importance, they are not everyone's friend. The 747 is an iconic aircraft and is still flying in the fleets of a few airlines around the world. The A380 is a passenger favorite, but not so much with airlines.
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There are three well known commercial passenger aircraft that have four engines. The famous Boeing 747, the huge Airbus A380 and the versatile A340. Why did Airbus build two quad-jet aircraft, and which is best? Let's find out. The Airbus A340 vs the Airbus A380 Why do some planes have four engines?
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The Douglas DC-4 is an American four-engined (piston), propeller-driven airliner developed by the Douglas Aircraft Company. Military versions of the plane, the C-54 and R5D, served during World War II, in the Berlin Airlift and into the 1960s. From 1945, many civil airlines operated the DC-4 worldwide. Design and development
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Beginning in the 1950s with the de Havilland Comet, four-engine aircraft became popular due to their size, power, performance, and redundancy. They could carry heavier payloads, travel further distances, and were considered safer in the case of an engine failure. Through the 1960s, quad-engine planes such as the DC-8 and Boeing 707 dominated.
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Published Oct 12, 2021 Lufthansa was the launch customer for the Boeing 747-8. Photo: Vincenzo Pace | Simple Flying With the ongoing retirement of the Boeing 747-400 and the end of production of the Airbus A380, there is no doubt four-engine aircraft are falling out of favor.
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The Lockheed Constellation (" Connie ") is a propeller-driven, four-engined airliner built by Lockheed Corporation starting in 1943. The Constellation series was the first pressurized-cabin civil airliner series to go into widespread use.
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A four-engined jet, sometimes called a quadjet, is a jet aircraft powered by four engines. The presence of four engines offers increased power, allowing such aircraft to be used as airliners, freighters, and military aircraft.
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The Boeing 777 is one of the most popular widebody aircraft in the world, with over 2,000 orders for the plane. The 777 was also one of the first high-capacity aircraft to switch to a twin-engine design, while competitor Airbus doubled down on the four-engine A340. So why doesn't the 777 have four engines? Development
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15 Just heard following somewhere: It is easy to distinguish four-engine passenger jetliner type, because there are only three of them: if it has "hump" upper deck then it is Boeing 747, if it has two decks then it is Airbus A380, otherwise it is Airbus A340. Is this statement true? I'm asking about commercial passenger jetliners only.
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Help Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aircraft with 4 engines. Subcategories This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total. F Four-engined piston aircraft (185 P) Four-engined turboprop aircraft (63 P) H Four-engined piston helicopters (2 P) P Four-engined push-pull aircraft (51 P)
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The Douglas DC-4 is a four-engine piston aircraft designed and developed by Douglas Aircraft Company in the late 1930s. The 22- to 48-passenger aircraft performed its first flight in February 1942 with United Airlines. The manufacturer built 80 examples of the DC-4 and over 1,150 of the military variants (C-54 and R5D).
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Aircraft like the Airbus A380, A340 and Boeing 747 have given way to the Boeing 777, 787, Airbus A350, and A330. So which airlines operate the most four-engined aircraft? A quick note before we begin. This list will only include passenger aircraft and exclude freighters.
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The only commercial airliner with 4 engines that is in production today is the Boeing 747. Other 4 engine aircraft that can be seen are the Airbus A340 and the double decker Airbus A380. Due to their inefficiency the numbers of these planes in service will continue to decline over the next decade.
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The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is an American four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built by Lockheed (now Lockheed Martin ). Capable of using unprepared runways for takeoffs and landings, the C-130 was originally designed as a troop, medevac, and cargo transport aircraft.
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Some of the most recognizable aircraft of all time featured four engines, and four-engine aircraft are some of the fastest and largest ever produced. From the enormous Airbus A380 to the ageless Boeing 747, the supersonic Concorde to the workhorse BAe 146, quad-engine aircraft are truly some of the most remarkable passenger aircraft of all time.
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Canadair North Star. CANT Z.511. Cessna 620. Consolidated B-24 Liberator. Consolidated B-32 Dominator. Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express. Consolidated PB2Y Coronado. Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer. Consolidated R2Y.