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Old 24th August 2011, 02:16 PM
Anthony F Anthony F is offline
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Default Qantas 747 -OEB QF 93/94

how does Qantas run OEB to LAX and back as it is not an ER aircraft? i thought only ER aircraft were used due to the extra fuel and distance required non-stop. I assume this aircraft would not be full leaving LAX to MEL.
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Old 24th August 2011, 05:59 PM
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Most likely the flight would be quite severely weight limited, unless there are some particularly good winds travelling west at the moment. Noticed that VH-OJF departed a short time ago from LA as the QF94, with an ER VH-OEJ operating QF108. Maybe they just don't have the demand on the Melbourne flight.
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Old 24th August 2011, 11:26 PM
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Before the ER's arrived OEB, C and D were used almost exclusively to LAX. Their GE engines giving better performance than the RR aircraft.
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Old 25th August 2011, 12:40 AM
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OEB,C,D, OJT,S,U were the SYD-JNB and MEL/SYD-LAX. The GE's offer more range essentially, and S,T,U had upgraded special engines that are more fuel efficient than the rest of the fleet.
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Old 25th August 2011, 07:05 AM
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Brenden,
Not sure about S,T,U having more efficient engines.
Pretty sure all the RR's are the same.
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Old 25th August 2011, 04:21 PM
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Tis true Todd there is nothing special about the engines on S T & U.
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Old 25th August 2011, 04:42 PM
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Would they not be slightly more efficient due to their age?
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Old 25th August 2011, 05:05 PM
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Not if one of the older aircraft had new engines put on in an overhaul?
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Old 27th August 2011, 09:53 AM
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Didn't OJS to OJU have RR Trent components in the engine such as the core and at the time the exsisting B744 fleet OJA-OJR didn't have this, but have since been upgraded to the same spec??

The GE engines seem a hell of a lot more reliable also.
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Old 27th August 2011, 10:21 AM
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The original batch of 744s (OJA-OJR) were delivered with the basic RB211-524G spec, whilst the later frames OJS-OJU were RB211-524G/T spec. The remainder of RR 744 fleet were upgraded to that spec between 2003 and 2005.
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