Aircraft Recycling
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Bought an old Jetstream fuselage from this guy a few years ago:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8542482.stm
Interesting article too.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8542482.stm
Interesting article too.
dr_gn said:
Bought an old Jetstream fuselage from this guy a few years ago:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8542482.stm
Interesting article too.
I read that and went off to Google maps to see it, not much to see!http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8542482.stm
Interesting article too.
Huntsman said:
dr_gn said:
Bought an old Jetstream fuselage from this guy a few years ago:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8542482.stm
Interesting article too.
I read that and went off to Google maps to see it, not much to see!http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8542482.stm
Interesting article too.
BigS said:
Glosphil said:
BigS said:
Isn't that the same fuselage that the BBC used to recreate the attempted bombing on Christmas Day with?
Wasn't that at Kemble, Gloucestershire? Now referred to as Corswold Airport.shakotan said:
BigS said:
Glosphil said:
BigS said:
Isn't that the same fuselage that the BBC used to recreate the attempted bombing on Christmas Day with?
Wasn't that at Kemble, Gloucestershire? Now referred to as Corswold Airport.BigS said:
Isn't that the same fuselage that the BBC used to recreate the attempted bombing on Christmas Day with?
Yes, I think you're right. It looks like a 747 freighter to me, and it's at Kemble, and it has the same rudder and fuselage markings. Well spotted!I watched the bomb simulation just now...how come they didn't pressurise the cabin for the bomb test?
dr_gn said:
BigS said:
Isn't that the same fuselage that the BBC used to recreate the attempted bombing on Christmas Day with?
Yes, I think you're right. It looks like a 747 freighter to me, and it's at Kemble, and it has the same rudder and fuselage markings. Well spotted!I watched the bomb simulation just now...how come they didn't pressurise the cabin for the bomb test?
I've just watched the footage again and it looks to me like the "window" by the dummy was dislodged by the blast.
I've found this on youtube from a Mythbusters episode - not usually the place to look for proper science, but at least they bothered to presurise the plane.
It's an episode they did on explosive decompression, skip to about 2:25 if you want to minimise the exposure to the annoying presenters.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi1_1l7M8FA
dr_gn said:
I watched the bomb simulation just now...how come they didn't pressurise the cabin for the bomb test?
I was thinking that but then, in the programme they said "due to the fact the aircraft was decending and the height it was at the time of the detonation the pressure difference would not have made a significant difference.Semi hemi said:
dr_gn said:
I watched the bomb simulation just now...how come they didn't pressurise the cabin for the bomb test?
I was thinking that but then, in the programme they said "due to the fact the aircraft was decending and the height it was at the time of the detonation the pressure difference would not have made a significant difference.Call me cynical, but I'm wondering if the cost of destroying a 747 with the pressure cabin intact was too great for the BBC, and the temptation to use a partially scrapped one that was readily available was too great?
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