Delta getting close to fleet renewal order
07-18-2011 | 11:16 AM
#171
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From: Douglas Aerospace post production Flight Test & Work Around Engineering bulletin dissembler
It's an overgrown Challenger ... never designed for what it does. That is the recurring theme from landing gear issues, to the torque tube (cable) for the flaps, to excessive wear on PCU fittings.
07-18-2011 | 11:21 AM
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From: Douglas Aerospace post production Flight Test & Work Around Engineering bulletin dissembler
What are they smoking in those French Cafe's?
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07-18-2011 | 01:11 PM
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Remember the AA engine runup a little while ago where it had a rotor burst and the shrapnel got tossed to the other engine? yikes.
Pinnacle had an even scarier mx failure a year and a half or so ago, but you won't hear about it since it happened at the gate. The hydraulic 3B pump blew up, and due to its location it destroyed not only the 3 system, but 1 and 2 as well. Oh... and also the fuel lines to the engines. Brilliant design, Canadair. They would have been left with no engines, no hydraulics, and no manual reversion.
Pinnacle had an even scarier mx failure a year and a half or so ago, but you won't hear about it since it happened at the gate. The hydraulic 3B pump blew up, and due to its location it destroyed not only the 3 system, but 1 and 2 as well. Oh... and also the fuel lines to the engines. Brilliant design, Canadair. They would have been left with no engines, no hydraulics, and no manual reversion.
07-18-2011 | 01:16 PM
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What are they smoking in those French Cafe's?
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07-18-2011 | 05:51 PM
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Pinnacle had an even scarier mx failure a year and a half or so ago, but you won't hear about it since it happened at the gate. The hydraulic 3B pump blew up, and due to its location it destroyed not only the 3 system, but 1 and 2 as well. Oh... and also the fuel lines to the engines. Brilliant design, Canadair. They would have been left with no engines, no hydraulics, and no manual reversion.
07-18-2011 | 05:54 PM
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From: blueJet
07-18-2011 | 05:59 PM
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07-18-2011 | 06:10 PM
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It was the #3 accumulator cap that blew off and took out all the other systems.
07-18-2011 | 06:13 PM
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The perfect 757 replacement aircraft would be a 739, with the wing moved aft and three engines put in the tail. And aft tailcone stairs.
Oh and make the cockpit deeper and add 2 jumpseats.
Oh and make the cockpit deeper and add 2 jumpseats.
07-18-2011 | 06:25 PM
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