For what it's worth, the Air India flight that crashed in the Atlantic just off the coast of Ireland in 1985 was ferrying an engine. Otherwise I've never seen an engine being ferried in my travels, and I've got a few miles in my passport. Matthew On Tuesday, July 8, 2003, at 08:02 AM, David MR wrote: > I know 707's had the capability of carrying a fifth pod. > > The 777's engine has to be broken down before it can be carried on > freighters (except for the AN-124). > David R > http://home.attbi.com/~damiross > http://home.attbi.com/~damiross/books.html > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nick Laflamme" <dplaflamme@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 06:42 > Subject: [AIRLINE] Ferrying engines > > >> Occasionally I see pictures of 747s carrying a fifth engine to a >> remote >> location, such as http://www.airliners.net/open.file/379580/M/. Have >> any >> other jets routinely used a similar ability? Was this needed for 747s >> because their engines were (for the time) just too big to be hauled as >> cargo on any commonly available planes? >> >> For that matter, how do spare (or replacement) 777 engines get where >> they're going these days? >> >> Nick >> >