Originally Posted by
bocastephen
I would say this is normal for the variant of engine on the UA 773 - I've had the same experience on Air Canada 77Ls, and BR 773s. Nothing to do with cheapness. It could be worse, I guess you never rode on an L1011 during winter and watched a small volcano's worth of smoke belch out the back along with the same teeth-chattering vibration.
UA 777-
200s also puzzle me.. .when I watch them take off, the engines frequently spew out long black smoke trails, especially at IAD. don't know what the deal is with that... it's like watching a school bus or dumptruck going down the road.
had plenty of rides on Delta's old L1011 back in the day... although at that time I was flying Delta a lot and always ended up in first.
(IMHO, the L1011 was one of the most beautiful airlines ever...
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back to the UA 777-300ERs... what engines did the install on these new birds? are the the same brand/model of engines that AF and NH use on their 777-300ERs? (just had a big dinner and too lazy to look it up on airliner.net or something
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