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Airbus A380 in Arizona
David Lesher wrote:
How are the airlines moving spare 767/777 style engines around? I live in the same town as a major P&W rebuild center. I see many, many, engines come and go on drop-center trailer trucks, pulled by tractors with massive sleepers, satellite TV, etc... They're more like tractor trailer campers than trucks. There seems to be a major specialty industry moving engines. I really doubt these trucks would be practical for a trip of less than a few hundred miles. |
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Airbus A380 in Arizona
B A R R Y writes:
How are the airlines moving spare 767/777 style engines around? I live in the same town as a major P&W rebuild center. I see many, many, engines come and go on drop-center trailer trucks, pulled by tractors with massive sleepers, satellite TV, etc... They're more like tractor trailer campers than trucks. There seems to be a major specialty industry moving engines. I really doubt these trucks would be practical for a trip of less than a few hundred miles. And how long does it the truck take to get to HNL? -- A host is a host from coast to & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433 |
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Airbus A380 in Arizona
David Lesher wrote:
And how long does it the truck take to get to HNL? Hawaii has interstate highways, no? G Look on your map for the intersection of I-80 and H1... |
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Airbus A380 in Arizona
The 747 supposedly still has an underwing hardpoint meant for ferrying
a spare engine. Dunno if this is general purpose or only suitable for the type(s) of engines used on the 747. However, I think this has gotten somewhat passe' due to various factors, including increasing availability of freighter variants of the widebodies, the low probability of zorching an engine so badly that you have to replace the whole thing rather than put in parts or subassemblies, and more engine repair facilities in more places. --Joe |
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Airbus A380 in Arizona
Ad absurdum per aspera writes: The 747 supposedly still has an underwing hardpoint meant for ferrying a spare engine. Dunno if this is general purpose or only suitable for the type(s) of engines used on the 747. Good question. I've only ever seen pictures of such planes carrying spare engines of the same type they use, or at least of the same shape. But who knows what might be out there? However, I think this has gotten somewhat passe' due to various factors, including increasing availability of freighter variants of the widebodies, the low probability of zorching an engine so badly that you have to replace the whole thing rather than put in parts or subassemblies, and more engine repair facilities in more places. I suspect that the parts that are both the most likely to fail and the easiest to replace (generators, pumps, valves, etc.) are readily available along a given route and pretty much always have been, so I'd lean toward the freighter-availability explanation. Geoff -- "The left has a whole vocabulary devoted to depicting people who do not meet standards as people who have been denied 'access.'" -- Thomas Sowell |
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