Air Force investigating intermittent engine failure on aircraft.

Air Force trouble shooters cannot figure out why No.1 engine keeps shutting
down......

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"SPLASH-TWO" wrote in message
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Air Force trouble shooters cannot figure out why No.1 engine keeps
shutting down......

Yeah, it must be really scary, loosing one engine on a B-52

Ron
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"SPLASH-TWO" wrote in message
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Air Force trouble shooters cannot figure out why No.1 engine keeps
shutting down......

Yeah, it must be really scary, loosing one engine on a B-52

Ron

Isn't that what somebody called the dreaded 7-engined landing!

Cheers,

Dennis

"Ron" wrote in message
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"SPLASH-TWO" wrote in message
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Air Force trouble shooters cannot figure out why No.1 engine keeps
shutting down......

Yeah, it must be really scary, loosing one engine on a B-52

Ron
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Below is a B-52 cockpit photo which looks nothing like the one posted by
Splash Two.

Dan Edwards

"Blue Oval/Dan Edwards" wrote in message
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Below is a B-52 cockpit photo which looks nothing like the one posted by
Splash Two.

Dan Edwards

My bad, I saw the center windscreen, and my Air Force heart said "B-52". I
just learned it is a Navy P-3. Who routinely shutdown one engine to save on
fuel costs (the cheapos). And I should have realised of course that no Air
Force pilot would carry something like that, regardless of gender.

The Navy however...

* runs

Ron
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"Ron" wrote in message
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"Blue Oval/Dan Edwards" wrote in message
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Below is a B-52 cockpit photo which looks nothing like the one posted by
Splash Two.

Dan Edwards

My bad, I saw the center windscreen, and my Air Force heart said "B-52". I
just learned it is a Navy P-3. Who routinely shutdown one engine to save
on
fuel costs (the cheapos). And I should have realised of course that no Air
Force pilot would carry something like that, regardless of gender.

The Navy however...

* runs

Ron
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Non urinat in ventum

Ron,
I know that you know your stuff. If you remember, you and I went round
and round about the F-4 Phantoms on pedestals I posted over a year ago from
WPAFB. I said they were E's, you said they were D's. You were right, I was
wrong. I even went back to prove you were wrong and saw the plaques on the
pedestals which clearly said they were D's. I photographed them and posted
them with an apology to you.
They have since removed the two Phantoms and replaced them with an F-15
and F-16. Kind of made me sad since the Phantom is my all time "phavorite
phighter". Fell in love with the Phantoms while stationed at Kunsan AB,
Korea from June 1974 to June 1975.

Dan Edwards

"Blue Oval/Dan Edwards" wrote in message
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Ron,
I know that you know your stuff. If you remember, you and I went round
and round about the F-4 Phantoms on pedestals I posted over a year ago
from
WPAFB. I said they were E's, you said they were D's. You were right, I was
wrong. I even went back to prove you were wrong and saw the plaques on the
pedestals which clearly said they were D's. I photographed them and posted
them with an apology to you.
They have since removed the two Phantoms and replaced them with an F-15
and F-16. Kind of made me sad since the Phantom is my all time "phavorite
phighter". Fell in love with the Phantoms while stationed at Kunsan AB,
Korea from June 1974 to June 1975.

How dare they! Those guys have no sense of history. Nothing bad about the
F-15 and -16, but removing Phantoms from their honorary place...
I just hope they do not end on a scrapheap.

Ron

Ron wrote
I just learned it is a Navy P-3. Who routinely shutdown one
engine to save on fuel costs (the cheapos).

NOPE!! We shut down one or two engines to extend the patrol
time. Something that is peculiar only to constant speed
turboprop engines.

Bob Moore
VP-46 1965-1967
PanAm (retired)

"Bob Moore" wrote in message
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Ron wrote
I just learned it is a Navy P-3. Who routinely shutdown one
engine to save on fuel costs (the cheapos).

NOPE!! We shut down one or two engines to extend the patrol
time. Something that is peculiar only to constant speed
turboprop engines.

I just *knew* some Navy guy would take the bait... :-)

Either way: you got extra flight-time at a bargain price.

Ron
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In fact, #1 engine does not drive any compressors or generators or other
flight necessary equipment to allow it to be shut down without losing
systems. I do have a feeling that this photo was either staged or
Photoshop'd. I don't know a single Flight Engineer that would let a pilot
hang anything on their E-handles.
Rob
SH-2F
SH-3H
P-3C Sensor Three (Retired)

"Bob Moore" wrote in message
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Ron wrote
I just learned it is a Navy P-3. Who routinely shutdown one
engine to save on fuel costs (the cheapos).

NOPE!! We shut down one or two engines to extend the patrol
time. Something that is peculiar only to constant speed
turboprop engines.

Bob Moore
VP-46 1965-1967
PanAm (retired)