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My only sorrow regarding jetliners--which I'm sure cuts no ice with the accountants, but to me is an aesthetic loss--is that they all fit just one "formula" now (a cylindrical fuselage with moderately-swept wings and tail surfaces, with two wing-mounted high-bypass engines), while T-tails, rear-mounted engines, low-bypass turbofans (I remember *turbojet*-powered airliners, like the Convair 880 and early 707s and DC-8s) and three- and four-engine variations become rarer as those aircraft are withdrawn from service.
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