[Nowhere Man]

10-4. The flight was not jeapordized in any way by flying on three engines - it could have continued with two, for that matter. The FAA picks its fights poorly, IMO.

I know for the longest time until the 757 and 767 came out, there were international regulations that all transoceanic planes must have 3 or 4 engines so you had your planes like the DC-4 thru 7, the Boeing Stratoliner, the Lockheed Electra and when the jets came around, the 707, DC-8, DC-10, Lockheed L-1011, 747 and others. The story is that if an engine conked out, you still had 2 or 3 left.

I don't know how true this is, but I had a friend in high school that told me that his father flew back from Vietnam on a C-141 with only one engine running, I can see two engines but one would be dubious at best.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

Yes, that C - 141 ride should have been called the " WHITE KNUCKLE EXPRESS " ... lol.