DC10FE Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 There is a photo on airliners.net that shows a J-model taking off from Altus AFB with the APU door open (probably running). Heaven forbid that I post the photo here without the photographer\'s permission (don\'t want to piss off the \"mystery Herc\" photographer or the copywrite police), so here\'s the photo number -- 1354905. Check it out. Now, here\'s my question. Is it normal procedure on the J-model to run the APU in flight? As I remember, it was an emergency procedure for the military & the APU wasn\'t certified for inflight use on commercial Hercs. Thanks, Don R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Down Under Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 It is when the Co Pilot forgets to turn it off. It happend to one of our J\'s in the early days. They kept geting a fuel out of balance warning for 5 hours. After landing they discovered the problem. That was early days of J.. Chris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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