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Old 13th November 2001 | 06:28
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pigboat
 
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The same thing happened to a 748 on Anticosti Island, on a dirt strip at a hunting camp. Loaded both W/M tanks with JP4. They never even got airborne before the right engine cooked. Everybody got out ok, but the whisperliner was a writeoff.
The US military, the Navy I think, used to operate the G1. One aircraft had been operating wet most every takeoff all summer long. Their procedure was to call for the water off right after the gear came up. On one dry takeoff that autumn, the F/O selected gear up and hit the W/M at 15,000 RPM. They got the aircraft around and back on the ground, but they had to change everything from the firewalls forward.
Something similar happened to a Martin 404 in GSO. A famous singer bought one offa Southern Airways, and he had his own pilots on it. They were getting about 20 hours on their engines and maintenance couldn't figure out why. One day they were in GSO on a layover and a Piedmont flight was there, so they asked the Captain to give them some airwork. They were motoring down the runway with the power set, when the Captain looked over at the F/O and told him to "double clutch that mother******." The F/O reached up and hit the ADI switches. Solved the premature removal problem right there.

[ 13 November 2001: Message edited by: pigboat ]
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