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October 21st, 2004, 12:06
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Indianapolis, IN
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|  A 747 with three engines?! According to the local reports, a cargo outfit out of Willow Run (KYIP) had a 747 out last night. They had an engine 'problem' and declared an emergency. Upon landing, they discovered that one of the engines was MISSING! Apparently it fell off somewhere along a 15 mile line crossing part of Lake Michigan and the SW lower peninsula just west of Kalamazoo. It has yet to be recovered. It's just making the news. As soon as I find an on-line article I'll post a link. - PhotoPilot |
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October 21st, 2004, 12:08
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| Junior Member  Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: TX
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| Re: A 747 with three engines?! HOLY COW! Thats all I can say! |
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October 21st, 2004, 12:14
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| Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Indianapolis, IN
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| Re: A 747 with three engines?! Got it! There are even pictures . . . 747 LOST an engine . . . That's one company where I won't be applying for a job. Quote of the day: "After landing, airline personnel discovered the engine was completely gone, FAA officials said." |
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October 21st, 2004, 12:39
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Utopia
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| Re: A 747 with three engines?! MX folks are showing up for work off-shift, White-out and pens in hand!!!  |
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October 21st, 2004, 12:41
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| Agent Smith  | Re: A 747 with three engines?! Only problem is that most maintenance forms are in "carbon copy" so they're going to have a heck of a time! Unless, of course, it was an extreme vib problem where it's good that the engine DID separate. |
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October 21st, 2004, 13:36
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| Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Cincinnati, OH
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| Re: A 747 with three engines?! Maybe it was shot off with an EMP - Electro Magnetic Pulse(I think) gun - that's the latest theory over on Flightinfo.com as to what brought down the CRJ  Jason |
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October 21st, 2004, 13:48
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| Moderator  Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: The Looney Bin
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  | Re: A 747 with three engines?! [ QUOTE ] Tell their webmaster that I said "Hi"!  [/ QUOTE ] Ha! I bet you have more than "Hi" to say............ |
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October 21st, 2004, 13:57
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| Old Skool  Join Date: May 2002 Location: Atlanta, GA
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October 21st, 2004, 14:04
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| Administrator  Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Pinal Airpark
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| Re: A 747 with three engines?! [ QUOTE ] Got it! There are even pictures . . . That's one company where I won't be applying for a job. [/ QUOTE ] You'd never survive at Air America with that attitude. |
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October 21st, 2004, 14:14
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| Old Skool Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Utopia
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| Re: A 747 with three engines?! [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Got it! There are even pictures . . . That's one company where I won't be applying for a job. [/ QUOTE ] You'd never survive at Air America with that attitude. [/ QUOTE ] Shall I put his Air America-JC resume in the circular file? |
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October 21st, 2004, 15:24
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| Moderator  Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Socal
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| Re: A 747 with three engines?! This is not the first time it has happened - it happened to an Evergreen 747 a whie ago, in the Northwest. These were both outer engines, when it is the inner engines it seems to cause more problems. You know the 747 can actually do a 3 engine ferry flights. |
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October 21st, 2004, 15:33
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Grand Forks, ND (UND)/ Davenport, IA
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| Re: A 747 with three engines?! [ QUOTE ] The engine is described as being the size of a Honda Civic [/ QUOTE ] more like 6 honda civics. |
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October 21st, 2004, 16:30
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| Old Skool  Join Date: May 2004 Location: Dallas TX
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| Re: A 747 with three engines?! [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Got it! There are even pictures . . . That's one company where I won't be applying for a job. [/ QUOTE ] You'd never survive at Air America with that attitude. [/ QUOTE ] Rember the airplane mechanics motto "Don't worry if it's leaking, worry if it stops!" |
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October 21st, 2004, 16:32
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Park City, UT
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| Re: A 747 with three engines?! now i'm not a pilot and all, but it seems like you would notice if something that big and heavy all of a sudden fell off the plane...Weird. I wonder if it's still over at willow run - maybe i'll go check it out... |
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October 21st, 2004, 17:08
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| Old Skool Join Date: May 2004 Location: Dallas TX
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| Re: A 747 with three engines?! Unless I'm mistaken the pilots can't even see the engines from the cockpit of a 747. On many airplanes they can't even see the wingtips. Loosing the whole pylon would acctually affect the handling of the airplane less, since they also lost the drag of the dead engine. Engine pylons are designed to shear off without damaging the wing. (most of the time) |
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October 21st, 2004, 19:19
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| Administrator Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Pinal Airpark
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| Re: A 747 with three engines?! [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Got it! There are even pictures . . . That's one company where I won't be applying for a job. [/ QUOTE ] You'd never survive at Air America with that attitude. [/ QUOTE ] Shall I put his Air America-JC resume in the circular file? [/ QUOTE ] See to it, Lloyd. This one doesn't make the cut. |
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October 21st, 2004, 20:00
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| Old Skool Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Park City, UT
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| Re: A 747 with three engines?! yeah i didn't figure either pilot could actually see it, but it seems like it would put the plane off balance because it is so heavy. and that would be noticible. |
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October 21st, 2004, 20:05
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| Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Indianapolis, IN
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| Re: A 747 with three engines?! All I know is that if the engine on my plane fell off, I would DEFINITELY notice! Student: "Where'd the Cessna's engine go?!?!?" Me: "What engine? Are we airborne!? Who's flying!?!"  |
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October 21st, 2004, 20:58
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: KPHX, KFFZ, KIWA
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 | Re: A 747 with three engines?! [ QUOTE ] Maybe it was shot off with an EMP - Electro Magnetic Pulse(I think) gun - that's the latest theory over on Flightinfo.com as to what brought down the CRJ Jason [/ QUOTE ] c'mon pleeeeeeeease tell me that you so #####tin me and someone didn't actually say that on there? Then to actually debate something like that...OMG. Can some on on the ground actully fire at and hit a plane doing mach.80 from FL410 with an EPM gun if they eve exist? Uh oh actually starting to debate the possiblities that it could even happen.....must.....stop....now. Matthew |
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October 21st, 2004, 22:16
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Nomadic...World Wide Boobie Bungalow Bouncer
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| Re: A 747 with three engines?! That guy in your avatar looks like he could pull something like that off. |
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October 22nd, 2004, 00:33
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| Senior Member  | Re: A 747 with three engines?! [ QUOTE ] "Cargo Plane's Engine Could Be At Lake's Bottom" [/ QUOTE ] Woo! The Law of the Briny Deep is going to get me a slightly-used JT9D for Christmas...  |
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October 22nd, 2004, 01:27
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| Old Skool Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: KPHX, KFFZ, KIWA
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| Re: A 747 with three engines?! [ QUOTE ] That guy in your avatar looks like he could pull something like that off. [/ QUOTE ] ....yeah but he is from the future with transforming robot mecha. |
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