JD>Not being in the cockpit, i can only state what I watched.
That's the very reason I went to great lengths to explain the reasons 
for knowing that it was the #1 and not #2.  I know you thought what you 
saw was correct but knowing Boeing Procedure I know it to be about 98% 
#1 engine used and for the reasons stated.  This is the very reason 
things get so screwed up in the newspapers in that reporters and 
newspapers and eye witnesses all give different accounts of what they 
thought they saw.  "Airplane stalled and FELL out of the Sky"  "Airplane 
spinning tail first" etc.  "A-10 based at Davis-Monthan AFB near Yuma".  
I think you get what I mean.  If you had said A/C struggling on one 
engine with lots of smoke coming out of back it would have been correct.
 
JD>It appeared that only the center engine was at max thrust, 
JD>others along for the ride.
See above. 
I assume this because you observed smoke coming out of the back of the 
aircraft.  #1 Engine puts smoke in about the same place.
JD>Approaches i watched were on 26L 
JD>at DEN and a left turn away from housing was started as 
JD>soon as a positive rate of climb was attained. This was 
JD>when uAL was starting to get their first B727s.
This sounds great but let me read you right out of the manual. This 
applies to TO but carries over to go arounds also. "When an engine 
failure occurs after V1 on take-off, the following climb speeds will be 
utilized to 600ft. AFL or obstacle clearance altitude, whichever is 
higher.  However, when take-off flight path is known to be free of 
obstacles, i.e. over water or flat terrain, level-off altitude for flap 
retraction may be lower than 600ft AFL if such action is deemed 
appropriate by the Captain.  Normally such selected altitude should not 
be less than 400ft AFL."
Go around info one engine:
Commit point is gear down.
If go-around is required prior to commit point:
-Thrust......................Max Allowable
_Continue descent and accelerate to 200kts
 then establish a positive rate of climb.
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