Anyone want to buy a 747

Blue Punto

http://www.govliquidation.com/auction/view?id=4758324&convertTo=USD

scudzilla

So it's a 747 for sale as scrap, happens every day all over the world.

Nothing to see here, move along now

CaptainSkidmark

whats the deal with all the rules and regulations?

shamrock421

Boards.ie have an ads section for a reason.

READ the forum charter.

Delancey

CaptainSkidmark wrote: »

whats the deal with all the rules and regulations?

To my knowledge the regulations stem from a situation some years ago.
The U.S. Navy sold for scrap an old aircraft carrier ( think it was the USS Coral Sea ) , the buyer took possession and sold it on to someone who sold it on again and ultimately the vessel ended up in China where it was broken up but not before the Chinese Navy took a good , long and close look at it !
Although a WW2 era ship the Coral Sea had undergone several major refits and had served up to the 1970's so even in its poor condition it would have been very useful to a country seeking to build its own carriers.

Since then regulations such as those in the above ad have been put in place to stop surplus military equipment falling into possibly unfriendly hands.

Another recent example was the destruction of the US Navy's fleet of F-14 ' Tomcats ' - the fear was that spare parts would find their way to the only other operator of the type - Iran. Accordingly the scrapping was very closely monitored to ensure destruction of the aircraft and parts.

Just checked and carrier in question was NOT the Coral Sea , dunno which one it was.

CaptainSkidmark

shamrock421 wrote: »

Boards.ie have an ads section for a reason.

READ the forum charter.

Get over yourself man, Hes hardly selling the bloody thing or making a profit off it!

pclancy

Hopefully he was joking.

Tenger

CaptainSkidmark wrote: »

whats the deal with all the rules and regulations?

The aircraft in question had been used as a military training mockup for the last few years....

Oh look here's a pic of it:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canadian-special-forces-bound-for-private-training-camp-in-new-mexico/article1836500/

I assume someone (US DoD) has decided that as it is 'ex-military' then it must be scrapped. Somehow I doubt that it is airworthy!!

scudzilla

Tenger wrote: »

The aircraft in question had been used as a military training mockup for the last few years....

Oh look here's a pic of it:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canadian-special-forces-bound-for-private-training-camp-in-new-mexico/article1836500/

I assume someone (US DoD) has decided that as it is 'ex-military' then it must be scrapped. Somehow I doubt that it is airworthy!!

I think the following words from the ad "All avionics, electronics, and engines have been removed" may have given ya a clue on that one

Tenger

scudzilla wrote: »

I think the following words from the ad "All avionics, electronics, and engines have been removed" may have given ya a clue on that one

Well spotted, hadn't read the details of the advert. I was thinking more of any 'collateral damage' sustained during its most recent posting...

Blue Punto

Tenger wrote: »

The aircraft in question had been used as a military training mockup for the last few years....

Oh look here's a pic of it:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canadian-special-forces-bound-for-private-training-camp-in-new-mexico/article1836500/

I assume someone (US DoD) has decided that as it is 'ex-military' then it must be scrapped. Somehow I doubt that it is airworthy!!

Actually thats not a picture of the plane in Question

The plane in that picture is 5N-AAA and is actually our old friend EI-ASJ
So the news people @ the global mail got the wrong aircraft as can be seen in the airliners.net pic below
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Boeing-747-148/0796166/&sid=823688654fa867092a1381aa81785c34