Re: What if you looked out the window and saw... (fixed)
Had an experience like that between Barber's Point and Midway in 1957, except it was a big fan that was not turning but emitting smoke and flames!!

. We were really lucky to be only about 100 miles out of Midway because the plane was not ditchable due to the nature of our cargo.<br /><br />What did I do? I was so busy logging radio traffic that by the time I got caught up we were on the ground at Midway and exiting the for'd hatch (no ladder) post haste. 18' to the runway and I don't think my feet touched the ground for about 100 yards.<br /><br />Engine was junk. We waited on Midway for 9 days until a new engine was delivered and installed. Got into the longest running open poker game in the world and. . . .but that is another story.