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Delta 727 With Only 2 Engines.
A friend of mine who recently flew a Delta 727 from ATL-DCA claims that the plane didn't have the #2 or tail engine. He claimed that the plane climed and flew slowly. Could this be true? I can't see an airline flying an aircraft with a missing engine and I'm glad I wasn't on that aircraft if Delta indeed does have a 727 with only two engines.
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RE: Delta 727 With Only 2 Engines.
How can an airline operate an airplane that is type certificated with Three (3) engines get away with flying with two? They can't! Nor would the 727-200 most likely get off the ground with only two unless it was completely empty. If for some odd reason Delta is operating a 27 with only two engines it would totally surprise me, and probably the FAA
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RE: Delta 727 With Only 2 Engines.
You don't suppose it was an MD-80?
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RE: Delta 727 With Only 2 Engines.
The only time FAA allows two engines to be used instead of three , like the 727, DC-10, TriStar, ect., is when they ferry planes for maintenance. Only when the plane's payload is minimal.
This is not the case with your story.
Rooz
This is not the case with your story.
Rooz
RE: Delta 727 With Only 2 Engines.
My friend was on flight 1406 which is a regularly scheduled 727-200 from ATL-IAD (7:30-9:14). He told me that the flight was delayed out of Atlanta for about an hour and that the plane looked fairly beat up. What he told me is that the engine casing or naclace (Forgve me for my spelling) for the "2 engine was still on the aircraft but that the engine wasn't there and instead there was a black hole.
RE: Delta 727 With Only 2 Engines.
Obviously there was a black hole in the intake. There is an S-duct down to the # 2 engine, which is located lower down and further back!
RE: Delta 727 With Only 2 Engines.
Is your friend sure it wasn't an MD-80? Someone could've stucka 727 safteycard int he plane.
RE: Delta 727 With Only 2 Engines.
I have to agree with Starship and the S-duct down to the "2 engine.
This photo demonstrates Starship's point about what my friend saw.
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Photo © Diane L. Cutright
As you can see, it is a big, black hole.
This photo demonstrates Starship's point about what my friend saw.
Photo © Diane L. Cutright
As you can see, it is a big, black hole.
RE: Delta 727 With Only 2 Engines.
Since we are talking about the inlet to the #2 engine on a 727,
the 727-100 aircraft has an inlet that is oval in shape (it is taller than it is wide), while the 727-200 has a circular inlet to the number 2 engine.
the 727-100 aircraft has an inlet that is oval in shape (it is taller than it is wide), while the 727-200 has a circular inlet to the number 2 engine.
RE: Delta 727 With Only 2 Engines.
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as Starship cooorectly mentioned, the 727s of all variants have S-ducts leading trom the Intake to the Engine (similar to Tristars). You cannot see and fan, as the engine is further down. SOmething would be very wrong if you WOULD see something in there.
as Starship cooorectly mentioned, the 727s of all variants have S-ducts leading trom the Intake to the Engine (similar to Tristars). You cannot see and fan, as the engine is further down. SOmething would be very wrong if you WOULD see something in there.
RE: Delta 727 With Only 2 Engines.
I hope who's ever playing hide and seek doesn't slip and slide down the "S" duct. There is some pointy looking vortex generator like tabs toward the base of the duct. Looks mighty painful to slide into.
RE: Delta 727 With Only 2 Engines.
BTW, several years ago here in ATL, we had a case of an aircraft exterior cleaner who was polishing the #2 inlet of an L1011. He crawled up inside it and somehow slipped and slid right down the S-duct.
Fortunately, the #2 engine was installed, or else he'd have shot out the back of the aircraft about 15 ft off the floor!
As it was, it happened just before the lunch break, and no one heard him hollering for help for over an hour.
He's also lucky that a #2 engine spin wasn't scheduled.
Jim
Fortunately, the #2 engine was installed, or else he'd have shot out the back of the aircraft about 15 ft off the floor!
As it was, it happened just before the lunch break, and no one heard him hollering for help for over an hour.
He's also lucky that a #2 engine spin wasn't scheduled.
Jim
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