Someone pulled up to the wrong pump ? -- John W Reames jwrea...@comcast.net Home: +14106646986 Mobile: +14437915905
On Nov 4, 2010, at 23:50, Walt Zarnoch <zarnoch...@gmail.com> wrote: > Someone turned their cellphone on... > > Walt > On Nov 4, 2010 11:45 PM, "Peter Frederick" <psf...@earthlink.net> wrote: >> Not that I'm an expert or anything, but the turbine section looked OK >> to be, it was the middle of the engine that appears to have blown out >> -- combustion section or high pressure comriessor. Very unusual. >> Modern jet engines are almost unbelievably reliable, and it's not >> likely to have been a bird strike 6 min into a flight (but not >> impossible -- whistling swans have been know to collide with aircraft >> as high as 12,000 ft). >> >> Don't know much about that particular engine, though, it's not an >> RB211 -- my brother who worked for GE Aircraft Engines didn't think >> much of the RB211. This one is newer, larger, and is certainly a more >> complex beast. >> >> Qantas is one of the best airlines flying, so I'm sure they will find >> and fix the problem as fast as anyone could. >> >> Peter >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
