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Trans Caribbean Airways: "the 5th engine jetline"
Came across an ad from the early 1960s for Trans Caribbean AIrways. Their slogan at the time was "the 5th engine jetline". They flew Dc-8s from JFK to San Juan and a DC-6 from San Juan on to Aruba. Anyone know what the "5th engine" reference was for? Did they count the APU as a 5th engine and decide to use it as a marketing slogan?
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- longhauler
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Re: Trans Caribbean Airways: "the 5th engine jetline"
Actually, their DC-8s were not equipped with APUs.
It is probably reference to their DC-8-51s with the extra power of it's fan jet engines. In the early 1960s, "fan jets" were quite a marketing coup over plain old regular jets!
It is probably reference to their DC-8-51s with the extra power of it's fan jet engines. In the early 1960s, "fan jets" were quite a marketing coup over plain old regular jets!
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Re: Trans Caribbean Airways: "the 5th engine jetline"
A quick search yields this, which makes it clear it's about the relative power of the turbojet:
The 4 big Fan Jet engines on every Trans Carib jet give it the speed, power and quiet comfort of five ordinary jet engines.
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Re: Trans Caribbean Airways: "the 5th engine jetline"
longhauler wrote:Actually, their DC-8s were not equipped with APUs.
It is probably reference to their DC-8-51s with the extra power of it's fan jet engines. In the early 1960s, "fan jets" were quite a marketing coup over plain old regular jets!
Yes, the under-powered original Boeing 720 became a completely different aircraft when the 720B arrived with JT3D turbofans. It was roughly the same as adding a 5th engine and converted the 720 into Boeing's hotrod of that era. I remember some amazingly short takeoffs on 720Bs, unlike the usually sluggish standard 720s like United's and Eastern's.
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