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To: SZonian

The biggest I messed with was Rolls-Royce RB-211 (42,000 Hp) for the Northern Border Gas Pipeline. At the time, Continental was using the same engine base for 757s.


22 posted on 09/29/2014 1:20:46 PM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer.)
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To: thackney; marron

The “big boys” (heavies) were easier to work on...the “little guys” (fighters) weren’t too bad, but in the jet, they were a royal PITA...

There are days I miss it, and days I don’t...but would go back to working on engines if the conditions were right.


30 posted on 09/29/2014 2:11:19 PM PDT by SZonian (Throwing our allegiances to political parties in the long run gave away our liberty.)
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To: thackney

Don’t know if it’s still that way, but when I lived in Alabama in the 1970’s, the Alabama Gas Company’s HQ building in Birmingham got its electricity from a GE J-79 jet engine turning a generator. It was set up in the basement and ran on natural gas. I always wondered if you could hear it howl like a F-4 Phantom.

The 79 was also used in the B-58 Hustler and the F-104 Starfighter. Great engine.


33 posted on 09/30/2014 1:31:18 AM PDT by chaosagent (Remember, no matter how you slice it, forbidden fruit still tastes the sweetest!)
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