On Saturday 28 January 2006 6:27 am, you wrote:
> There was a very good documentary last year on the building of the first
> A380. It showed the first-ever-televised destructive engine test at
> Rolls-Royce (not bird-strike -- explosive removal of a turbine blade at
> full power). Although they only showed the control room not the engine
> failing, the bang was substantial. The engine casing contained the
> explosion and survived intact. As it must.
Something like that would have have to have your undivided attention as a
pilot. I'd think that the noise would be horrendous and the vibrations
unbelievable.
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