By: KabirT - 10th July 2002 at 11:32
RE: Pic Of The Day- SAA B747 w
Pan Am also used to carry a fifth engine when it recieved its first B747s.
By: mongu - 9th July 2002 at 17:37
RE: Pic Of The Day- SAA B747 w
I think airlines used to do that a lot in the bad old days. I remeber lots of pics of Qantas and SAA.
I suppose that being in an inboard position there would not be that much of weight displacement – just some extra deadweight?
By: wysiwyg - 8th July 2002 at 23:56
RE: Pic Of The Day- SAA B747 with fifth engine!
The ‘cap’ diverts the airflow through the bypass part of the engine to avoid it passing through the core. Believe it or not there is very little performance penalty when carrying a spare engine externally.
By: KabirT - 5th July 2002 at 15:35
RE: Pic Of The Day- SAA B747 with fifth engine!
[updated:LAST EDITED ON 05-07-02 AT 03:52 PM (GMT)]this was no test…a SAA B743 was stranded at FRA due to engine loss….this a/c carried a spare engine for it….this just happened on June 30th 2002. It carried an engine for this a/c….ZS-SKA…which got stuck at FRA the day before….ZS-SKA is an ex-Swissair B743.
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By: Saab 2000 - 5th July 2002 at 15:03
RE: Pic Of The Day- SAA B747 with fifth engine!
Great pictures,SAA have one of the nicest colour schemes.
By: EGNM - 5th July 2002 at 14:31
RE: Pic Of The Day- SAA B747 with fifth engine!
What was this airtest for? – was SAA a launch customer in the a/c type involved or something?
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