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From: phil@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Phil Gustafson)
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Subject: Re: Airborne Operations
Keywords: Gigant
Message-ID: <1990Jul13.015828.4188@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 13 Jul 90 01:58:28 GMT
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From: phil@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Phil Gustafson)
In article <1990Jul10.024921.10341@cbnews.att.com> munnari!softway.sw.oz.au!thos@uunet.UU.NET (Thomas Cohen) writes:
>
>[re: towplane for "Gigant" glider.]
>The He 111 based 'Zwilling' was two He 111 fuselages with a centre wing
>section with either one or two (probably two) engines on it (like an F82
>twin Mustang).
>

Not nearly a pretty as a twin Mustang.  According to my reference, two
twin-engine Heinkels were spliced together at the wing with an extra
engine dead center, making the only five-engine aircraft I know of.
One would expect that high-G maneuvers would be exciting -- there
was no connection at the tail end, making the poor wing handle any
assymetrical forces on its own.

References to other five-engine hermaphrodites would certainly be
appreciated.  The smallest number of engines I can't associate with
a plane in seven.  Anybody heard of one to wise me up?
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