Aircraft Recycling

[dr_gn]

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.

[Huntsman]

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!

[FourWheelDrift]

David Dutton on the BBC said:

This subject would make a fascinating program for aviation enthusiasts

They have, on Discovery it's called "Scrapping Aircraft Giants" also available on DVD.

[BigS]

Isn't that the same fuselage that the BBC used to recreate the attempted bombing on Christmas Day with?

[dr_gn]

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!

They've got a few sites where they dismantle stuff. A lot of his larger projects are dismantled just up the road from ASI at Lasham Aerodrome. You can see a few old airliners being dismantled in a dispersal there. No idea where the 747 was.

[Glosphil]

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]

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.

Don't know, it just looked pretty similar

[shakotan]

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.

Don't know, it just looked pretty similar

Yeah, 747s tend to look pretty similar...

[BigS]

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.

Don't know, it just looked pretty similar

Yeah, 747s tend to look pretty similar...

I meant in terms of it being painted silver/bare metal and in being stripped to a similar level.

[dr_gn]

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?

[BigS]

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 been wondering that since I saw the video, without the pressure difference it's not exactly a fair 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

[Semi hemi]

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.

[dr_gn]

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.

Fair enough, apparently it was detonaded 20 minutes before landing. Not sure what height that would have been.

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?