From: "Gord Beaman" )
Date: 2/20/2004 7:35 PM Central Standard Time
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(BUFDRVR) wrote:

I've likely started
thousands of aircraft engines and NEVER had an engine fire on
start

I've started 8 engines at least 300 times (2400 starts) and I've only had 2
engine fires on start and one of them was a torch that the crew chief, in my
opinion, over reacted to.


BUFDRVR

Sure...and just about anyone who starts a/c engines can say the
same...fireguards are a waste of time...
--

-Gord.

On the other hand when an F-4E burns on engine start having a fire guard comes
in very handy getting the aircrew out safely. In the 2 years I was at Hahn AB
it happened only once as far as I recall. It justified the expense as far as I
am concerned. It was the only case of one of my aircraft in 20 years. It's a
small price to pay.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired