Hi there Jim, been in the wilderness of northeastern Sudan, laying a
gas pipeline, hence the bit of silence
Returned a couple of hours ago (sneaked a visit to the A320 cockpit
until TOD), and will be returning back there in about 3 days for
another month or so, but my laptop works in the deserts too, so the Qs
might just keep comin
Cheers,
Ramapriya

PS: Don't know if they trolled me, but both the pilots today didn't
seem to know much of the CFM56's internals. Possibly they didn't want
to bother answering, but I'll have to look elsewhere to figure the
compressor's and ignition chamber's construction...