Timeline for Etymology of the name Quinjet?
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| Mar 24, 2021 at 20:32 | comment | added | Russell Borogove | Note that three-engine commercial jet airliners appeared in the early '60s and were often referred to as trijets; the quinjet made its first appearance in Avengers #61 in 1969. Presumably Roy Thomas thought a quinjet would be 66% cooler than a trijet. | |
| Mar 24, 2021 at 16:27 | comment | added | Clockwork | It's funny, I always thought it was "Queenjet" while watching the avengers animated series. | |
| Sep 3, 2015 at 13:01 | comment | added | kylieCatt | Canopy Eternal Release Handle -- Does that mean the canopy can never be reattached once it's eternally released? | |
| Sep 3, 2015 at 12:57 | comment | added | T.J.L. | An afterburner is not a separate engine, it's part of the engine design used to drastically increase thrust at the cost of efficiency. There are five engines marked - four in the bottom right and one roughly top center. Only one engine is equipped with an afterburner. | |
| May 11, 2012 at 5:06 | comment | added | DVK-on-Ahch-To | @Keen - going only off the design drawing, the afterburner would be #5 | |
| May 11, 2012 at 3:04 | history | edited | user1027 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 11, 2012 at 2:24 | comment | added | user1027 | Doesn't the image indicate there are only 4 engines? (label in the bottom-right) | |
| May 11, 2012 at 1:37 | vote | accept | CommunityBot | moved from User.Id=1027 by developer User.Id=15823 | |
| May 11, 2012 at 1:36 | history | answered | Thaddeus Howze | CC BY-SA 3.0 |