Odd 747

[Panic Button]

This 747, with an unusual engine layout, is at the 'Top Gear' airfield. It is quite a film star, as I have seen it on a Westlife video and a recent documentary on cabin air. Recently Jeremy Clarkson tried to tow it.

http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/planes/b7 47/n9747p-3.jpg

Normally they have 4 engines spaced along the wings, but this has two pairs of engines at positions 2 and 3.

Did it ever fly commercially in this configuration?

[Fitzer]

It's a modified 747 solely for film work, the engines are fakes and as such has never flown, see http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/planes/q0 297.shtml for more info.

[Panic Button]

Thanks for a rapid and complete answer.

If you keep your eyes open you will see it quite often in videos.

[Fitzer]

More rapid and complete :-) than might normally be the case as I looked it up last week because I'd seen it on Scrapheap Challenge and thought much the same as you.