QANTAS ENGINE FIX

[Cloudchaser427]

Qantas has found a fix for the engine redundancy issue, now they need to address the other related system failures. Seeing what they have done here I'm sure they will come up with something

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL

Cloudchaser

[N22252]

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Am I the only one looking at that and wondering... "just how many R-4360's would it take...?"

[rampking]

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Qantas piggy-backed a replacement 747 engine onto an active flight to SFO a few months ago.
Attached to the wing a 5th engine between the #2 engine and the fuselage.
A replacement engine for a #4 engine on a previous SFO-Sidney 747, which let go 30 minutes after take-off several nights before.

[kiwiracefan]

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Qantas piggy-backed a replacement 747 engine onto an active flight to SFO a few months ago.
Attached to the wing a 5th engine between the #2 engine and the fuselage.
A replacement engine for a #4 engine on a previous SFO-Sidney 747, which let go 30 minutes after take-off several nights before.

I think Boeing has designed that ability to mount another engine to a special pylon at the wing root, i cant find it but i did see a pic of a BOAC 707 with the podded spare climbing out

[AAFO_WSagar]

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Geez.... I thot you guys were kidding at first... Dialtapper... you're a -47 guy.... ever hear of this??

[Race5]

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Pic of one here: http://www.airliners.net/photo/Qanta...438/1631167/M/

[rampking]

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Here's a photo of that Qantas 747-400 with that ferried engine aboard.

[rampking]

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The Rolls Royce engine that let go....
Qantas isn't giving out too many details, this engine was covered up from photographers early the next morning.

[taglialavore]

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Pic of one here: http://www.airliners.net/photo/Qanta...438/1631167/M/

this is a rare airplane, the right wing engines look bigger than the left wing ones, more thrust surely, and they mounted three smaller ones to level the thrust force? just guessing

[Dialtapper]

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Geez.... I thot you guys were kidding at
first... Dialtapper... you're a -47 guy.... ever hear of this??

Yep, true story.

[Propellerhead]

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In the "well, I never" department Google "747 ferry engine" and you'll get a full accounting of the practice.

[Cloudchaser427]

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Here's a bit more detailed info on the 380 damage. It was much more extensive than published.

Cloudchaser

[AirDOGGe]

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this is a rare airplane, the right wing engines look bigger than the left wing ones, more thrust surely, and they mounted three smaller ones to level the thrust force? just guessing

The left/right size difference is just a illusion I suppose. The ferried spare engine appears to be a different model than those powering the aircraft. Said fifth engine near the fuselage is not powered, and from what I've read the ferry pylon doesn't even have fuel lines for feeding a running engine.

This is just the easiest and cheapest way to carry a spare engine to a stranded aircraft that needs one. A rare sight indeed!