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Forum: Rumours & News

15th Sep 2018, 17:18

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British Airways flight from London U.K. to Calgary diverted to Iqaluit

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Posted By tdracer

The engines wouldn't light off. They'd taken a...

The engines wouldn't light off. They'd taken a 747-8 to Alaska to do some cold weather ECS testing - we'd offered propulsion support but they said it wasn't needed, no engine testing was planned. ...

Forum: Rumours & News

15th Sep 2018, 00:33

Replies: 46

British Airways flight from London U.K. to Calgary diverted to Iqaluit

Views: 26,284

Posted By tdracer

Actually most of the trips I was involved with...

Actually most of the trips I was involved with that were set up by flight test have been nearly flawless. When we needed to go to British Airways to do a flight test, they always set us up in a nice...

Forum: Rumours & News

14th Sep 2018, 21:45

Replies: 46

British Airways flight from London U.K. to Calgary diverted to Iqaluit

Views: 26,284

Posted By tdracer

The very first thing we did when we checked into...

The very first thing we did when we checked into the hotel was ask if there was anyplace we could get dinner - the answer was a simple no, everything had closed at 10 except the previously mentioned...

Forum: Rumours & News

14th Sep 2018, 16:56

Replies: 46

British Airways flight from London U.K. to Calgary diverted to Iqaluit

Views: 26,284

Posted By tdracer

Aren't about 2,000 of those people "Guests of the...

Aren't about 2,000 of those people "Guests of the State"? The territorial prison is located in Iqaluit...
When we arrived for the 747-8 engine tests, it was 11pm when we got to the hotel - and none...

Forum: Rumours & News

14th Sep 2018, 01:34

Replies: 46

British Airways flight from London U.K. to Calgary diverted to Iqaluit

Views: 26,284

Posted By tdracer

Back when we were doing the final certification...

Back when we were doing the final certification testing of the 747-8, it was discovered that GEnx-2B engines didn't like to start when it was really, really cold (~-30 F or below), and we needed to...

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