List of trijet aircraft
Wikimedia list article
The following is a list of trijet aircraft.
Proposed or suspended trijet developments
Boeing 747-300 Trijet – downsized 747 to compete with the DC-10 and L-1011, changed to four engines
Blended Wing Body Trijet – proposed design based on the Boeing X-48
McDonnell Douglas MD-XX – stretched derivative of the DC-10, project shelved
North American NR-349 – proposed interceptor derivative of the A-5 Vigilante, cancelled
Airbus twin-tail trijet, – status unknown
Dassault Supersonic Business Jet – suspended
Aerion AS2 - Suspended
Sukhoi-Gulfstream S-21
Boom Technology Overture - 3-engine design proposed, but changed to 4-engine
Boeing 777 – Originally envisioned as a trijet 767 in the 1970s to compete with the DC-10 and the L-1011; later became a new twin-engine design.
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