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The Ilyushin Il-62 shares exactly the same configuration (high tail, 4 engines on the back) as the British VC-10. I think the VC-10 predated the Il-62, but I mi
by billforsternz 11y ago
The Ilyushin Il-62 shares exactly the same configuration (high tail, 4 engines on the back) as the British VC-10. I think the VC-10 predated the Il-62, but I might just be expressing a prejudice and assuming the Soviet plane was a clone. I always thought the VC-10 (and the Il-62 for that matter) was rather gorgeous, apropos of nothing. The VC-10 as a Western four engined large (for the time) narrow body intercontinental jetliner competed directly with the Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8. It's fair to say it did was roundly trounced in this competition. I don't know why exactly. Possibly late to the party. Possibly the victim of superior US technology and/or salesmanship.