Sky Wave
4th Feb 2005, 12:56
Apologies if this has been covered before.
EAAC have been juggling engines on their 4 x 747-200's parked at EGHH and very often they've left aircraft without any engines on the wings at all.
I know that I've seen pictures of the early 747 role outs with concrete blocks on the wings to save stressing the wing spar whilst they were waiting for their engines.
I was wondering if EAAC's practice is detrimental to the life of the airframe or if you can remove all engines for a certain amount of time only.
Perhaps they get around it by filling the wing tanks with fuel??
Can anyone shed any light on this?
Cheers
EAAC have been juggling engines on their 4 x 747-200's parked at EGHH and very often they've left aircraft without any engines on the wings at all.
I know that I've seen pictures of the early 747 role outs with concrete blocks on the wings to save stressing the wing spar whilst they were waiting for their engines.
I was wondering if EAAC's practice is detrimental to the life of the airframe or if you can remove all engines for a certain amount of time only.
Perhaps they get around it by filling the wing tanks with fuel??
Can anyone shed any light on this?
Cheers