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by fragmede 1279 days ago
Air speed is an important aspect in this conversation. The air going into a 747's engines isn't travelling at supersonic speeds. For reference, the Concorde's Rolls Royce Olympus 593 engines did 35,190 lpf and it had four.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce/Snecma_Olympus_593