> Observe what it takes to fly a B-52 Not that it's your main point, but I think B-52 has 8 engines because they're an old design. They're about 10,000 lbf ea

> Observe what it takes to fly a B-52 Not that it's your main point, but I think B-52 has 8 engines because they're an old design. They're about 10,000 lbf each, while the engines in new planes provide more than five times the thrust, so two 787 engines are stronger than ten B-52 engines.