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February 21st 04, 02:20 AM
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"Gord Beaman" wrote
(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... We had a DC-3 burn-up on start in Pleiku once. Course that was a gasoline fire. It was full of body bags going to Saigon. What a mess. Digging latrines was good duty that week. That was a month before the Cathay Pacific airliner blew-up over Pleiku at 29k ft. We had raining body parts on that deal. 
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