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To: Orca

I was there from '83 to '88 working as a jet engine mechanic. We were prepping for an ORI and the acft you're talking about was a Travis AFB bird that had a low turbine inlet temperature (TIT) margin, I believe on #2 engine.

We worked our tails off to get the engine changed so the jet could depart before the ORI and wouldn't count against us just to have it come back with the bird strikes.

IIRC it was the #3 and #4 engines and the right side of the fuselage. The fuselage had been penetrated by engine parts that had come apart from the damage.

Thankfully the ORI Inspection team gave us a pass on that one counting against us and we ended up passing the inspection.

SZ


227 posted on 04/03/2006 10:19:22 AM PDT by SZonian (Tagline???? I don't need no stinkin' tagline!)
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To: SZonian

Thanks for your info on the 80's incident. I couldn't remember the exact year, but we must have been there at the same time. I retired from there in 86. After that incident, taking off to the north during bird season was always "interesting."


231 posted on 04/03/2006 10:44:29 AM PDT by Orca
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