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I asked my son (Moo) to write on the big jet engines. He did and that was story number 1123. However he tells me that was a flight plan months ago before the world became covid crazy. The last flight he said he carried only 20 to Toronto and then 4 to Bangkok. Another son (Dennis) just returned from Honkers, no passengers either way; freight only and 280 empty seats.
Now for the engine on the Boeing 727, military maritime patrol. (Remember I said I’d better do some facts on an American aeroplane so as not to offend American readers). It has a CMF56 engine, producing 27k lb of thrust with a burn of 6,000 lb per hour (in cruise). Remember I said they have prop blades as well. Well yes, 24 of them except they call them high bypass fans and those bypass fans create some 80% of the thrust.

I’ll conclude next week with a write up on the radial engine. Folks always asked “how does that work”.