Qantas 747 / 767 /330 Engines

[PennyBenjamin]

Been having troubles finding the exact number of different types of donk's on QF aircraft. This is my guess, could someone in the know please correct me!

6 x B744ER -CF6-80C2B5F
24 x B744 - RB211
13 x A332/3 - CF6-80E
22 x B767-300 - CF6-80C2

The above list seems to be missing 6 747-400's and a couple of 767's. Any genuine help would be appreciated.

Penny

[willadvise]

Go the CASA acft register and look for yourself.


http://casa.gov.au/casadata/register/data/ACRFTREG.CSV

[*Lancer*]

The 744s have the RB211-524GT
There are 3 744 non-ER GEs with the CF6
The 767s have are the RB211-524H and the CF6-C2B6

[botero]

PB.
I have just been to the QF website and after an exhaustive 2 minute search managed to find the full stats for the aircraft in question, including engine details.

If you are doing prep for your interview I hope you put a little more effort into your tech knowledge than you did into finding these engine details or the interviewers will go through you very quickly indeed.

Enough preaching......just go to QF website, click 'flying with us' tab, click 'in the air tab', select seat maps. All of the a/c types can now be selected.

[Keg]

Originally Posted by botero

PB.
If you are doing prep for your interview I hope you put a little more effort into your tech knowledge than you did into finding these engine details or the interviewers will go through you very quickly indeed.

If you're doing prep for an interview, I hope you put a little more effort into important stuff rather than remembering exact numbers of aircraft and engine types!

Try issues that actually affect the business!

[Taildragger67]

Don't forget the Seven Dwarves (the 7 RR 763s on lease from BA... or have they been sent back to Nigel?)

And you haven't mentioned the 743s ... I seem to recall 6 airframes (all RR), one of which is apparently sprouting roots at Avalon... ???

[Keg]

The Z cars remain until 2012 I think- or at least a few more years from now! Supposedly to be replaced by the 787.

Speaking of the classics, I saw 3 of the 5 serviceable ones at the jet base in Sydney on Tuesday arvo. No wonder the classic guys are loving life at the moment....none of them are going to work!

[PennyBenjamin]

botero, thanks for your constructive advice on the topic. You sound like a really pleasent fellow and a great ambassador for General Aviation. Sounds like you need to lighten up a bit. If you don't have anything constrictive to say, say nothing at all. It is pessimistic and bitter attitudes like that which youh have displayed that is giving ppruner's a bad name industry wide. So have a coke and a smile and chill the #$%^out!

Thanks to everyone else for their constructive discussion.

[botero]

PB.

I have just re-read my post next morning and it looks a bit harsh. It was not meant to be like that.
What I was trying to say is if you are preparing for an interview don't spend a lot of time on some smaller points to the detriment of having a good indepth knowledge of the things that are important. I doubt even the guys interviewing you know their aircraft engine types past about the 1st 4 numbers - because they don't care about it!

The 747-300 details are on the QF site but the 767 orphans are not mentioned. Yes there is a classic parked at Avalon and has been for some time. Technically it doesn't have an engine type as there are none on it at all; they are all being used on the other 5 airframes.

[PennyBenjamin]

thanks for the reply botero, and i appeciate what you are saying. im doing an assignment for uni on the possibilities for Australian/NZ airline engine heavy maintaince options {namely the Qantas-China decision} and no QF interview but your info is handy all the same. I now have all the info I need. Thanks.

Good to see there is some humility in GA.

Cheers, Penny