3 rd engine on 777

Morgans wrote:
"Ron Natalie" wrote
Sure just google for "747 spare engine". It mounts just inboard of the
#2 engine. I've got photos of the spare engine mount hard points....if
I had an easy place to post them I would.

That is the strangest damn thing I have ever seen. Do these hard points
exist on all 747's, or just a few for special use?

I would suspect all of them. All of the ones I've been close enough
to look at have had them. I suspect more have it than not (maybe some
of the shorthaul domestic Japanese variants don't).

"Marc CYBW" posted the exciting
message news:bUnnf.159747$yS6.141427@clgrps12:

Why wouldn't one simply transport a "spare" in the cargo hold?

Marc


"jfp" wrote in message
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Hi all last week at antigua airport i am sure i saw a 777 with a 3 rd
engine on the wing on a BWIA i know they used to carry a 5 th on a 747,
anyone know if this is standard on a 777 to transport spare engine mebe
regards Frank





Engine is a bit big for the cargo hold on a passenger plane.

Jim you never seen a 5 th engine carried on a 747 i have mind you i worked
at Heathrow for 14 years before 77 s were around Frank
"Morgans" wrote in message
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"jfp" wrote in message
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Hi all last week at antigua airport i am sure i saw a 777 with a 3 rd
engine on the wing on a BWIA i know they used to carry a 5 th on a 747,
anyone know if this is standard on a 777 to transport spare engine mebe
regards Frank

I've gotta wonder what you have been smoking. Have any factual cites for
either of these claims?
--
Jim in NC

OK 747 s but what about 777 my original question, and i am definately not on
anything only tea regards Frank


"Ron Natalie" wrote in message
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Morgans wrote:
"Ron Natalie" wrote
Sure just google for "747 spare engine". It mounts just inboard of
the
#2 engine. I've got photos of the spare engine mount hard
points....if
I had an easy place to post them I would.

That is the strangest damn thing I have ever seen. Do these hard points
exist on all 747's, or just a few for special use?

I would suspect all of them. All of the ones I've been close enough
to look at have had them. I suspect more have it than not (maybe some
of the shorthaul domestic Japanese variants don't).

Sorry 777 s
"jfp" wrote in message
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Jim you never seen a 5 th engine carried on a 747 i have mind you i worked
at Heathrow for 14 years before 77 s were around Frank
"Morgans" wrote in message
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"jfp" wrote in message
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Hi all last week at antigua airport i am sure i saw a 777 with a 3
rd
engine on the wing on a BWIA i know they used to carry a 5 th on a
747,
anyone know if this is standard on a 777 to transport spare engine
mebe
regards Frank

I've gotta wonder what you have been smoking. Have any factual cites
for
either of these claims?
--
Jim in NC

I wonder if the cargo area has the structural strength to carry a heavy
engine. Actual cargo planes have stronger floors, I"d bet the floor of
the cargo area of a pax plane is pretty wimpy for weight.

-Robert

One has to be able to get the engine into the cargo hold of a passenger
jet before worrying about whether the floor can hold the weight.

"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
oups.com...
I wonder if the cargo area has the structural strength to carry a heavy
engine. Actual cargo planes have stronger floors, I"d bet the floor of
the cargo area of a pax plane is pretty wimpy for weight.

-Robert

"jfp" wrote in message
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OK 747 s but what about 777 my original question, and i am definately not
on
anything only tea regards Frank

Sorry about that crack. I had never heard of anything like that, and to
success of others, they produced pictures showing the practice.

I still think it is weird.
--
Jim in NC

I would suspect all of them. All of the ones I've been close enough
to look at have had them. I suspect more have it than not (maybe some
of the shorthaul domestic Japanese variants don't).

It was an option from Boeing and not many took it. I believe Qantas
was the first airline to have that capability on the 747.

Don Hammer wrote
It was an option from Boeing and not many took it. I believe Qantas
was the first airline to have that capability on the 747.

It was on all of the first 30 B-747s from Boeing that PanAm bought.
And....our B-707s came with the fifth pod capability.
Bob Moore