Having had a look at the photo’s again and look through the Vol6- Repair and Reconditioning AP- it is apparent that should some of the snow on the rear fuselage and adjacent area not be removed then further damage will acrue. Much of that area is secondary and tertiary structure while in the rear fuselage itself the primary structure consists of the longerons and the cross beams with primary frames at each end. Their purpose is to support the ECM cans when fitted and absorb the stress of the brake chute deploying.
By the looks of it NEAM has one thing in abundance thus why not remove the sleepers from under the nose and replace it with compacted snow which ends just short of the nose wheels. As I suspect the aircraft was delivered sans ECM and NBS its current weight is around the 90K mark instead of 102K -ish. Using compacted snow as the support will allow two things to happen
1] clearing the back end will allow the aircraft to lift off its rear end thus reducing the damage.
2] where possible use extended brooms to work around the wings to destress them.
3] with as much snow removed as possible from the upper surfaces and the aircraft resting on the snow pile it should be possible with care to start melting the snow pile slowly so that the Vulcan then rests as it should do.
4] once on the ground use the sleepers- lashed in bundles- to secure the aircraft via the nose u/c picketing point- believe me the aircraft and the leg were designed to take the stress.
5] keep a beady eye on it to stop it tilting again
The alternative it to wait for the thaw which will introduce large amount of water into the airframe and will require a crane and sling to put it back down safely on the ground.
A crazy idea maybe but if memory serves it has been done before many years ago.
Cheers
Madjock
Would say the idea of pushing a big pile of snow under her nose wheel and then a few sheets of 8×4 plywood sheets ontop of the snow pile would do the trick.
remove some of the snow from the rear and then get a fire truck to hose the rest off, or a good powerful steam cleaner could be rented for a small fee.
With those pallets now in place they have made the job a lot harder and risky to get the nose back down.
jacks and other heavey equipment are now going to have to be used.
if that snow melts and she starts to go back down, she could crash through some of those pallets.
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