<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by terenz:
Might be true of the A340-200s and most -300s (all but late models) which came with engines found on your garden varietal A320/19/21 (either IAE2500 or CFM 56, I forget which one). These a/c were rather lacking on thrust.
The R-R Trent-powered A340-500s & -600s (and also found on some -300s) have quite a bit more thrust.
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the A342/343 have CFM56 engines, which look ridiculously teensy. the Trents on the 345/346 are enormous. the "new" 343 still uses the CFM56 engines, only they're uprated over the older ones.
dunno why NW is so hung up on PW engines...
and hey, the 346 is one sexy-looking plane
