Originally Posted by
DOUBLE BOGEY
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At least he seems to accept the boys in green are justified in carrying the extra useless engine!
Not really. with
that type of flying it's better to have big windows than 2 engines. Carrying "the extra useless engine!" didn't help this guy. His
realistic-risk wasn't from engine failure. Spare engines cost payload, reliability and budget that costs lives of personel in landrovers etc. How many engines of a military pair were actually hit and disabled in AFG, where the a/c was able to carry on? but hey you bought up engines