On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 18:14:20 GMT, George Patterson
wrote:

He said the mechanics hated it when pilots did this, since it didn't take long
to ruin the engines, but he got unofficial kudos from the base commander for
freeing up the runway rapidly.

I've heard of this technique of backing up, and I can imagine that it
must have required a lot of power from the outer engine to get the
entire mass of the airplane to swing. So I can see where it would
burn out the engine in a hurry.

Corky Scott