What Plane Should I Buy? Eight Engine Edition

[Deelee]

Skipping over six and seven engine editions...

What plane should I buy? Eight engines required. Mission would be mostly $100 hamburger runs, but also 4 or 5 times a year 400+ NM XCs to see my wife's parents.

Looking for a newer airframe, but even 70+ year old aircraft would be ok. Must have flown at least in ground effect once.

Was looking at this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughes_H-4_Hercules

What do you all think? Would this meet my mission? And what should I ask? I can't find a good VREF for it.
Thanks!

 

[asicer]

Skipping over six and seven engine editions...

Aww....

 

[MauleSkinner]

B-52

 

[Sluggo63]

Aww....

Rudders...

 

[Dana]

Screw 8 engines, go for 10: B-36, "six turning, four burning."

 

[jsstevens]

OctoBonanza. Somebody was going to say it...

 

[MooneyDriver78]

I’m waiting for the 16 engine edition thread.... ;-)

 

[Tantalum]

8 posts in an no mention of the Spruce Goose..?! I'm disgusted

 

[Arm3]

8 posts in an no mention of the Spruce Goose..?! I'm disgusted

Check the link in the very first post.

 

[Tantalum]

My entry.. Caspian Sea Monster. Thanks Russia, err, USSR

 

[Tantalum]

Aww....

This guy runs a Russian/Ukranian YouTube channel.. got a really cool no frills behind the scenes access to this thing. Also, his YT channel (for those who speak Russian/Ukranian) isn't full of the usual like and subscribe clickbait nonsense, and he reviews all sorts of cool planes, including the Aerostar, and incidentally the 225

 

[Tantalum]

Check the link in the very first post.

Ah! I'm not used to seeing it called by its real name. I'm the idiot. Thanks.