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  • Anonymous coward on 2005-Jan-03 00:37:41 Anonymous coward said

    Bev Howard
    Engine Test Bed

  • Anonymous coward on 2005-Apr-25 14:34:04 Anonymous coward said

    Hippo
    Just a way to get from A to B!

  • Anonymous coward on 2005-May-18 14:13:35 Anonymous coward said

    me
    This called 5th engine carriage...some of the 747 fleet came with an additional engine mount provision inboard of the number 2 engine, used to ferry engines for maintenance purposes...I know some DC-8 airplanes had this provision also.

  • Anonymous coward on 2005-Nov-02 16:32:42 Anonymous coward said

    me
    Fred says "Don't worry, Al, I brought along a spare engine just in case."

  • Anonymous coward on 2006-Feb-07 15:10:22 Anonymous coward said

    cannot
    cannot be,,,747 don' t have 6 jets,,,only 4 jets,,,maybe it is a art computer system,,,

  • Anonymous coward on 2006-Feb-08 00:02:11 Anonymous coward said

    V...
    Doesn't anyone read the previous comments before they type something stupid????

  • Anonymous coward on 2006-May-02 08:22:52 Anonymous coward said

    Me2
    All right then, what is it, an engine test bed, is it transporting it somewhere else or what the heck is it doing with 5 engines??

  • Anonymous coward on 2006-Jun-03 07:55:19 Anonymous coward said

    UALWrench
    see me's comments above, some 747's have the ability to feryy a 5th engine (non-functional) for transportation purposes. I also beleive Boeing might have used a functional 5th engine for flying testbed.

  • Anonymous coward on 2006-Jun-26 21:55:27 Anonymous coward said

    roughy
    Qantas uses this mode of engine shipping all the time. It is not functional, just being carried back to Australia. Air New Zealand also use this mode for engine transport.

  • Anonymous coward on 2006-Sep-10 03:12:10 Anonymous coward said

    a320 guy
    There's no plumbing or wiring for the 5th engine. However, I did see a 747 with a 777 engine in the No. 2 position parked at HNL one morning.

  • Anonymous coward on 2007-Oct-10 20:08:31 Anonymous coward said

    widey
    Bollox.........someone couldnt read the drawings back at the factory!!! hahah

  • Anonymous coward on 2007-Dec-24 20:20:50 Anonymous coward said

    someone
    could be an An-225 lol

  • Anonymous coward on 2007-Dec-29 18:06:10 Anonymous coward said

    Bronzewing
    No it can't, that has a high wing, you'd be looking up at it not down.

  • Anonymous coward on 2008-Jan-24 19:36:29 Anonymous coward said

    Cam
    i haver everybody knows that most large aircraft have a smaller engine in the back

  • Anonymous coward on 2008-Jan-30 22:13:16 Anonymous coward said

    chris b
    interesting... I would think this would be an enormous aerodynamic drag problem without a "pod" enclosure, but looking at airliners.net posts and other pics, they seem to put a diverter donut bubble to keep air from going into the core and instead divert it into the bypass

  • Anonymous coward on 2008-Jan-30 22:15:15 Anonymous coward said

    chris b
    also, the "smaller engine in the back" is the (functional) APU

  • Anonymous coward on 2008-Jul-05 12:44:28 Anonymous coward said

    js
    747s (that I know of..) had the capability to carry a spare engine to destination.

  • Anonymous coward on 2010-Oct-09 16:03:20 Anonymous coward said

    Pazzetti
    Who says theres only 5? what if there´s 3 on the other side too?

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