ABX to list on NASDAQ

[Clipperskip]

The Pneumatic Air Cart is only used for engine starts on ABX's DC-8 60's series while at the gate as they do not have an APU found on many of the converted DC-8 70's series aircraft. Delayed engine starts utilize a "cross bleed start procedure" where engine pneumatic pressure from the operating engines is used to start engines #1 and #2. In the 13 years I flew the DC-8 at ABX I have never seen a tail pipe fire at engine shutdown. The Pratt JT-3's are reliable and easy to start but a bit on the "smokey" side, just ask the aircraft taxiing behind them! cough, cough...

 

[hvydriver]

UM,


No, you don't use a huffer on shutdown. For air to spin the turbine, you have to open the start valve for each engine. Never heard of a tailpipe fire problem in the 8 before.

 

[LarryinTN]

a bit on the "smokey" side, just ask the aircraft taxiing behind them! cough, cough...

Hey, those DC8's are old enough to smoke, ain't they?

 

[LarryinTN]

Do you DC8 drivers need air (huffer) to be hooked up during engine shutdown to avoid tailpipe fires? or is this not an issue..curious

Exactly how would the huffer cart be used to assist in engine shutdown? All it does is provide pnuematic pressure to the pnuematic system. You can't engage a starter while the engine is turning as that would destroy the starter so what are you proposing they would do with that pnuematic pressure?