Was walking through the local FBO* Sunday afternoon at sunset enjoying time with the kids when I heard a HORRIBLE noise coming from just across the ramp near that most gorgeous (!) of airplanes – the mighty G4. There was only a slight breeze and although I had heard similar noises from the likes of a C-5, I thought surely the noise must be from something out of sight, beyond the sleek beauty. But a work crew on a Sunday afternoon?. I continued my investigation. I walked up and to my horror, confirmed my initial guess that the horrible clanging noise was from the slowly spinning turbine blades.
The motors sit too far back for a ‘stick’ to be placed in between the spinning rotors (like the C-5) and that’s too … unkempt for a corporate jet. Can you lock them by some other means? On the DC-9 (my bird) we place, and lock, the thrust reverser buckets out to keep the tailwind from spinning the blades. Of course there's also inlet/outlet covers! And this bird was sitting at her homebase!! Why didn't someone take the time!!
"Oh, the humanity!!"
To think that the impression of my MOST favorite airplane in the world is now tainted … my kids saw me weep.
/s/ AHTTD
*Flightworks at McCollum - KRYY
The motors sit too far back for a ‘stick’ to be placed in between the spinning rotors (like the C-5) and that’s too … unkempt for a corporate jet. Can you lock them by some other means? On the DC-9 (my bird) we place, and lock, the thrust reverser buckets out to keep the tailwind from spinning the blades. Of course there's also inlet/outlet covers! And this bird was sitting at her homebase!! Why didn't someone take the time!!
"Oh, the humanity!!"
To think that the impression of my MOST favorite airplane in the world is now tainted … my kids saw me weep.
/s/ AHTTD
*Flightworks at McCollum - KRYY
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