flight-crew
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- Dec 16, 2001
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I forget how much I appreciate operating turbine equipment over recip. equipment.
Turbine engines start up perfectly almost every time. There is no worry about flooding the engine, vapor lock, or having to crank it over and over. Even Auxillary Power Units start up with one button push and then operate completely automatically and unattended. I love the benefits of an APU. Staying completely cool in the summer and warm in the winter. And having a backup source of bleed air and electrical power.
I love the smell of Jet-A right after being burned in a jet engine. I love the sound of a jet engine right after lightoff during spool-up. I like the ability to go from 200 knots indicated up to 330 knots indicated in about 20 seconds in staight and level flight. I like that jet engines can be equipped with Auto-throttles for exact speed control. I like climbing out at 1500 ft/min during an engine failure and not having to do anything except add rudder. I love the smoothness and low noice level of turbofan engines.
All in all I really appreciate turbine engines and their reliability. Turbine engines get two thumbs up from me!
Turbine engines start up perfectly almost every time. There is no worry about flooding the engine, vapor lock, or having to crank it over and over. Even Auxillary Power Units start up with one button push and then operate completely automatically and unattended. I love the benefits of an APU. Staying completely cool in the summer and warm in the winter. And having a backup source of bleed air and electrical power.
I love the smell of Jet-A right after being burned in a jet engine. I love the sound of a jet engine right after lightoff during spool-up. I like the ability to go from 200 knots indicated up to 330 knots indicated in about 20 seconds in staight and level flight. I like that jet engines can be equipped with Auto-throttles for exact speed control. I like climbing out at 1500 ft/min during an engine failure and not having to do anything except add rudder. I love the smoothness and low noice level of turbofan engines.
All in all I really appreciate turbine engines and their reliability. Turbine engines get two thumbs up from me!