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Norwegian engine failure prompts Virgin to delay A340 retirement
Virgin Atlantic has pushed back the retirement date for its Airbus A340-600 fleet after an engine failure suffered by a Norwegian Boeing 787-8 temporarily affected the availability of Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 powerplants. (www.flightglobal.com) Plus d'info...
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Just wish they could fly the -600's forever. They just take me back to the DC-8-61/63 era, when these planes looked so long and sleek, then so happy to see them live on in the 71/73 guise. Nothing else like them around nowadays.
Buy GE folks. Rolls Royce is falling behind.
That's because there's no Government support for RR whereas GE collect vast amounts on unaudited US military contracts and use the money to fund commercial propulsion plants
