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May 11, 2006 | 10:17 am

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Originally Posted by eamus

Cool, thanks. And geared turbo fan engines?? Pls feel free to be technical.

This has been tried before. Not saying it won't ever work but Pratt & Whitney was designing this type of engine for the Airbus A340. Basically, P&W's prototype was a dismal failure and the A340 had to be (under)powered using 737-type engines (IAE V2500/CFM56s).