> "You just seem to have a fetish for aircraft with fully or partially rear-mounted engines."

Hey, what can I say? I'm more of an ass man.

> "Sitting next to those big engines would suck, especially after reading on multiple accidents where they exploded and killed or nearly killed everyone onboard."

I fail to see what this has to do with visual aesthetics, but the safety record of the 747 was not so hot; already excluding the malaise brought on by the fetishes of terrorists and the Evil Empire, of course.