Originally Posted by
DERG
Indeed yes...and a yellow warning band was painted around where the engine parts would explode out of.
So this fault is about 50 years old.
Except the Pegasus was originally a Bristol-Siddeley design, whereas the RB211 from which the modern Trents were derived was from Barnoldswick.
Loving the discussion (despite a lot of it going over my head), shame about the RR-bashing though.