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Old 26th Nov 2009, 11:08
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But does this mean that in the event of an engine change down route there is a possibility of getting the wrong one sent out?
A distinct certainty, Arters, as Stoppers has rightly stated.

After ensuring that 'right hand side, co-pilot's windscreen' had been requested through the supply system, guess what turned up..... Still, a couple more days of CHING!! in the USA whilst the Eng and Supply folks back in the UK sent the correct one wasn't unwelcome.

Getting the wrong windscreen wasn't anything like the surprise a V-bomber crew chief once had when he opened the boxed up PFCU motor he'd been waiting to be delivered to Offutt - only to find it actually contained a Bedford 4-tonner crankshaft..

Of course being a high quality Airbus product, the likelihood of engine or prop failure is somewhat remote.... But I'd put money on someone sending the wrong prop one day in the future!
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