Hello Jim:
=> Was the empty cowling faired over? My #1 son has told me of their patrols 
off
=> 
          Was this the Constellation question?   If so, they put a dome
affair on the firewall to break a little air, and flew her home on 3.
=> Viet Cong that one engine of the P-3 was shut down to stretch fuel. They 
flew
=> 
          I had an interesting conversation with an Aurora F/E at the
Hamilton airshow.   I had asked him about shutting down 2 engines during
their loiter time, and he told me it was only of marginal gain in most
cases.   Apparently, pulling the power well back on all 4 engines is
almost as economical as FX-ing 2 and running the power up on the
remaining 2.
          The endurance king of ASW work in Maritime Command was the
Argus;   The TC's could be pulled back until specific fuel consumption
was .38 pounds.
          Hence the 28+ hour unrefuelled endurance with all 4 grinders
running.
                                             Ken
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