I was surprised to see the Vulcan there, as only recently she suffered a surge on take-off roll on two adjacent engines, when Silica Gel sacks left in an intake (for "engine drying") were not removed before crew-in/start-up. The engine surged on take-off roll & coughed debris into its' neighbouring engine, which also surged. Take-off was aborted successfully.
I have no idea how the Tin Triangle handles with x2 donks out on the same side; I'm sure that the crew were glad not to have to explore this part of the envelope. I am amazed that a) there was perhaps no open Tech Log entry for these sacks being in the intake, & b) that no visual check of the intakes before engine start would seem to have revealed this? Last I heard, they were looking for another x2 engines......
HB
Last edited by Halton Brat; 16th Jul 2012 at 10:20.