Being a boring airplane to look at, it needs something to attract attention so, just before engine start, a chainsaw is thrown into the engine. David R http://home.attbi.com/~damiross http://home.attbi.com/~damiross/books.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alireza Alivandivafa" <DEmocrat2n@xxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 16:49 Subject: [AIRLINE] Airbus question > Everytime I have flown on an A320 series plane, I have heard an awful > sounding noise on engine start up. Sounds like a high pitched chainsaw start up. > Any thoughts? >