Hello,
I read on the other forums on PPRuNe that Virgin Atlantic will order 26 Airbus A340s. If you haven't read it, this is the link to the thread -
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthr...hreadid=140132
There's something that I'm a bit confused about and this might be a stupid question to some of you. I'd like to know what's the difference between two engines and four engines as Virgin Atlantic chose the A340 becaues it had 4 engines which the same size 777 didn't. Does the number of engines have something to do with enhancing a/c performance such as better climb performance, cruise, approach, landing etc.?
I remembered from memory I read on Aircraft & Aerospace May Edition I think something about 2 vs. 4 engines and the number of accidents between them. If anyone has the time to explain to me, It'd be greatly appreciated. Wouldn't mind knowing about 3 Engine a/cs, 1 engine a/cs, etc. too. Thank you
Kind Regards,
Capt. J (Still a newbie
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