(BUFDRVR) wrote:

I've likely started
thousands of aircraft engines and NEVER had an engine fire on
start

I've started 8 engines at least 300 times (2400 starts) and I've only had 2
engine fires on start and one of them was a torch that the crew chief, in my
opinion, over reacted to.


BUFDRVR

Sure...and just about anyone who starts a/c engines can say the
same...fireguards are a waste of time...
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-Gord.