"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
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"Flounder" wrote in
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Did you know a 747 can carry five engines. There's an extra inner pylon
mount on the port wing for ferrying engines.

I did, as a matter of fact!


Bertie

Prove it.

So, I now I wonder why just the port wing? If you are going to have an
extra pylon on one wing, why not both?

"Brooks Hagenow" wrote in
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"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
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"Flounder" wrote in
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Did you know a 747 can carry five engines. There's an extra inner
pylon mount on the port wing for ferrying engines.

I did, as a matter of fact!


Bertie

Prove it.

I just did.

So, I now I wonder why just the port wing? If you are going to have
an extra pylon on one wing, why not both?

not a lot of call for transporting two engines to a stricken machine. And
if you did need even a whole set, all you'd have to do is cycle them out
there one at a time on your scheduled service.


Bertie

"Brooks Hagenow" wrote in message
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"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
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"Flounder" wrote in
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Did you know a 747 can carry five engines. There's an extra inner
pylon
mount on the port wing for ferrying engines.

I did, as a matter of fact!


Bertie

Prove it.

So, I now I wonder why just the port wing? If you are going to have an
extra pylon on one wing, why not both?


A good 5th pod crew can hang (or remove) an engine in just a little
more time than the regular ground crew loads cargo from the right.
No need for anybody getting in somebodies way. No electrics.
No plumbing. Only necessary to swap out a specially calibrated
mach-warn switch. (Yea, Tarver, that's the lower right pitot probe. :-))
JK