John

In the Military I've heard about one jet being put in front of another
and the jet blast from the forward jet turning the dead engine of
bird behind up to enough RPM to get started.

Never heard of it being done with civilian jets however. Would be very
hard to do on a MD-80 type due to engines up on the fuselage in front
of the tail.

Big John
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On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 14:50:06 -0800, "John"
wrote:

Well...there was the pilot in Portland, OR who tried to takeoff with one
engine inop in an Aerospatial (sp?)Corvette, with passengers. Everyone
survived and for some reason the pilot forgot what happened.
If I remember the report correctly, he was mentioning something about doing
an airstart on the engine that wouldn't start and the co-pilot said
something to the effect of "you are not serious, are you?".

"Shkumbin Hamiti" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I am sure that there is no pilot in the world who would take-off any
multiengine airplane with one engine inop. (Disclaimer: some test pilots
may
do something like that).
I don't know the company you flew with, but for sure the engine was
working.
What can happen though is that the pilot may decide to turn off during the
flight an engine that may cause trouble, but in that case would likely
divert to the nearest suitable airport.

Regards,
Shkumbin
EFHF



"Tyler Wordsworth" wrote in message
. ..
I flew JetsGo flight 178 (Toronto to Vancouver) on 19 January 2005. The
equipment was an MD-83.

I'm convinced the right-hand engine was not operational! I could not see
the turbofan spinning (looked stationary) and the flight took about an
hour longer than scheduled (they blamed strong headwinds).

Is this possible? Can/should/is it legal for a flight to take off and
fly an entire route with one engine? How much flight time would this
add?

Are there publically-available safety logs that would record if this was
the case?

How are JetsGo's safety standards?

Lots of questions!

Thanks

S.