Re: They said the APU fire is normal?
- From: "Eric" <none@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:57:57 -0400
"John Doe" <jdoe@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Eric wrote:
I've never seen flames coming out the back of the shuttle, day or night,
before...
There was one point of view where you could clearly see that those
"flames" illuminated the shuttle, especially the tail. Couldn't have
been just vapour. And the flames were dancing around.
On the other hand, the view from the front of the shuttle showed 2 clean
plumes of steam coming straight up and not dancing at all.
Hi,
Yeah, they had shut down the APU's before switching to the front view, so
that is why all you see is just left-over steam...
I've been looking for pictures from earlier night landings that show the APU
flames at night, but have come up empty so far.
A Deja search revealed James Oberg talking about these flames as a
"fire-breathing dragon" that occured "once in a while in the early days".
Other searching and reading about the APU's has also revealed that the APU's
have had many problems over the years, especially with being "leaky"..
Another waiting Archilles heal?
.
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