Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
Even more amazing when one considers that those were bought in a range from $18.5 to $21.5 million. All-together something like $11Bn and some did not even fly 10 years.
Also short lived in Delta colors ...
Save the "3", ten to twelve years is all you could get out of those buckets. EGT's on the 880 were not to be believed. The pressurization turbos threw craps 4 years in. Anyway, the AF wanted their J79's back.