She was built as an aircraft to fly, so she should fly,,,,,,icing on the cake in this politically correct world,,,,imright behind it.

Stunning job getting it down safely,,,,,,,,,,,hopefully one for us to do ,

lancastermkx, that’s in a tank though. Fuels react completely differently in a tank when vapours are present to how they do in open air. They’re very different things, and the vapours are infinitely more explosive and dangerous than the liquid fuel itself.

EEErrrm,,,the tank in question had no top on ,,open to the atmosphere.

It occurs to me that I don’t know of any accident where cutting along the dotted line was both necessary and possible.
Has anyone ever seen it done?

We have tried this with the standard issue fire axe ,,,nigh on impossible ,,even if you get through the outer skin you have hatbins and interior trim to contend with,,even with a petrol cutter in the mayhem of possible leaking fuel and fluids this will be a risky process ,as most of you know i pull apart various airframes with a more than adequate machine and even this struggles sometimes,,

“Husquvarna petrol cutter works better,,,,or even a 35ton excavator”

Thanks mate, If you just happen to have one of either in your pocket at the time of the emergency ????
Can I assume from your address and knowledge of the equipment that you attack aircraft on the tarmac at Lasham ?? :diablo: :diablo:

Keith.

Attack is a bit strong ,,,,we like to call it sympathetic airframe disposal (S.A.D) we did a Fokker 100 at Norwich i think around two years ago now.

Flew into Lasham on Thursday