Sadly, there was a perfectly competent French A320 test pilot that probably would have loved to overboost his engines after a low pass at an airshow, but ended in the trees... but all the electronic junk you have nowadays will not permit to save an airplane and passengers from an accident... If and when I need power, my 53,000 lbs thrust engines will give me 55,000... And I will bend the thrust levers if need be...
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Keep your FADECs for yourselves, Gentlemen, none on my old 747 Classics...
And I love it that way... Ah... the good old days...
Soon at the beach in Brazil, and forget forever all about EGT or N1 limits...
Forever
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Happy contrails