I have seen pictures of the York but never the Lincoln. What shape is it in? The reports I have heard, say it’s only bits in a lake.

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Yes it’s called High speed tape. It looks like they have found some damage in the top laver of the composite flap skin and they are putting a layer of tape over it to keep moisture out. The last few seconds show the guy holding the blue backing tape, so it’s the same stuff I use regularly!
This video is the reason I hate working on an aircraft when there is passenger onboard. They see “duct tape” I know it’s an approved temp repair being done to prevent further damage.
Buy the way the “Dogs barking” that you can hear in the background and that is mentioned in the comment is the hydraulic power transfer unit. That runs to transfer power between two of the hydralic systems (Can’t remember which two!!) during high flow demand, i.e flap operation. The “woffing” is the PTU cycing on and off when the flaps are down and it is sitting in a standby mode. You always hear it when you are on taxi out in an A310/20/21 If I had a pound every time somebody asked that I would be a rich man!

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The thing that bothers me is if the site could secured to inspect the aircraft why then did they decide to blow it up ? i mean sure they should remove anything secret but destroying the whole aircraft because they cant (or dont want to ?) recover it seems a bit of a waste, if the aircraft is badly damaged what sensitive equipment is there on a hercules i mean we are not talking about a spy plane or anything are we.

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Don’t forget they have to insepct it, put out a tender, have it re inspected by the contarctors, study at the quotes, put the quotes to the…………
Some poor sod would have been guarding it all this time. IMHO, blow the bl***y thing up and save some poor squadies life. Kick the pilots ar*e around the crew room for breaking it, yes, but don’t waste a pongo’s life for it.

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All the BA examples are engineless and have had their vital fluids drained so don’t expect one in the air ever again.

G-BOAC at Manchester has still got it’s engines. I THINK that the same goes for the examples in Seattle, and Bristol. The engines were removed from the JFK example so that the could put it onto a barge. The LHR and East Fortune aircraft had not had engines fitted for a number of months/years as the were never returned to flight status after the Paris crash. In fact the East fortune example was never going to fly again any way.
I have only heard on the net that the intake controls were “sensitive” never from anyone “in the know” so that MIGHT be an urban myth. Certain “black boxed” had componants inside of them that needed to be removed, i.e batterys and toxic materials. They were removed from the boxes and the boxes then refitted. this is proberbly were the “Classified” story comes from.
BA took all the bit of the aircraft that could be used on the rest of the normal fleet but took great care in preserving the look of the aircraft. I do remember talking to the guys who de-commisioned OAC and they were heart broken.
Non of the BA ones will fly again. I do wish that the campaigners would concentrate their efforts into getting them all indoors! Because IMHO two of the British based example and two of the overseas example are at risk in the long tearm.

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There is still construction work going on on the taxi way directly in front of the car park. It will be going on for a few months yet. The road way behind the T2 stands has just developed a large kink in it so that the 777-300’s have a few more stands to park on. They can only park on stand 202 (the one nearest the car park) or remote at the moment.

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The bus station is at the railway station.
Good luck at the interview

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I just wanted to see the view…sob…sob It sounded quite nice…sob…sob

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The 747 winglets are held on by three big bolts a couple of bonding leads and a few access panels. To remove/refit one is not a big job it’s just a big awkward lump to “manhandle” on and off. It’s OK in a warm hangar,with an overhead crane and proper access staging (where I did one once!) but outside, in a breeze, off a manlift its another story!! I suspect that is another reason why they don’t remove the matching one.
As wysiwyg says both aircraft’s MEL’s say that one may be missing but not both. They have a short differal time, ten days too. When I refitted one the talk then was more about wing fatigue than fuel burn. I also think that if you dinged the second one “down the line” I am sure you would get a one off differal to get you home.

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