THREE ENGINES NOT THE ANSWER
While I agree with a number of points made by Lt. Gen. (ret.) Fred McCorkle, there are some that need further discussion. Three engines rather than two provide more redundancy, but raise maintenance bills by 50% and decrease total system mean times between failures. When an engine goes out on any...
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