Tech downroute? easy jolly or nightmare?
 

..Similar thread to Two Dead Dogs subject,away from base, did you have a crack or was it a bastard?
Bad trip http://www.pprune.org/ubb/NonCGI/frown.gif 737 cfm 56 engine change at belfast...over christmas,cold dark hangar,two lead lamps,1st eng change on type for company,crap weather,on shift no o/t,everyone had the hump
Good trip :) BAC 1-11 spey engine cx at AMSTERDAM! nice warm KLM hangar,helpful dutch engineers,great canteen,consumable spares sourced locally,went like clockwork.....Night life,nuff said?

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he's not the messiah,he's a very naughty boy

Interesting engine change on 767 in Moscow few years back.Engine 5th podded out on 747.No equipment bar 2 sets of A frame steps.Got into country without stamp in passport or visa. Company had to supply catering containers each day,one with hot meals,other one with minatures to assist with bribes!!!!.Had to pack everything away in the a/c hold as soon as it got dark. Or it walked!! And to top it all we worked outside in the corner of the airfield NO lights, middle of Feb.
When we'd finished co. said get on the a/c and come home.Needless to say we said get stuffed and had 2days sight seeing.
Booze was b****y expensive too!!

Hi,there
Good 'un:Four day jolly all round Europe in a King Air,all paid for.Didn't open toolbox.
Bad 'un:Moving four industrial turbines in Syria.Murphy's Law took on a whole new meaning.Not aircraft,strictly,but still awful.
regards
TDD

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Drink,gurls,!!!!,arse...

..Gas Path,just out of interest,how long does it take to fit/remove engine when '5th podded'?...i've only seen piccys of the installation....and what are the weight penalties like?

..the judean peoples front

Jet Set Sparky...5th pod not a bad un; prep time about 3hrs maybe more depending on eng. type. Only a beam on top. Fan removed and core eng. blanked. Installation about the same again. One big fitting on front spar and two fittings on wing lwr. skin.Poor sod on front hoist has to do all the work though.
As for penalties crew dont even know they've got 8 tonnes of dead wt. screwed to the bottom of the wing except for slightly lwr. max vmo. Classic has decal on airspeed ind. and 400 just a flick of a s/w down in the mec.to tell the FMS. No fuel penalty (I think) but not so much frt.
wot does make em take notice is when you tell em not to attempt to start it!!!!!