The joys of commuting by air

[darmstadt]

I remember flying to South Africa once on a 747 and looking out the wing and there were 3 engines. Apparently they had to drop one off in Frankfurt for another plane and this was the usual method, strap it to the wing.

[Ignis Fatuus]

I remember flying to South Africa once on a 747 and looking out the wing and there were 3 engines. Apparently they had to drop one off in Frankfurt for another plane and this was the usual method, strap it to the wing.

3 engines? So they had already dropped 1 off?

[Bunk]

3 engines? So they had already dropped 1 off?

2 either side shirley?

[Fred Bloggs]

I remember flying to South Africa once on a 747 and looking out the wing and there were 3 engines. Apparently they had to drop one off in Frankfurt for another plane and this was the usual method, strap it to the wing.

Correct.

[TykeMerc]

I used to know a commercial pilot (father of a friend) who worked for various airlines in Africa, apparently landing under fire or with a few bits of the aircraft shot off was routine.
He had a chunk of missile tail fin set in perspex on the mantlepiece, they had recovered the intact missile from the fin engine of one of the 3 engined type liners, something had gone wrong with the bit that should have made it go bang, but the heat seeking bit must have worked Ok.