Stripping down a 474 for servicing

Reoil

If you have an hour, watch this! It's awesome.
I didn't realise that planes get completely stripped down and checked every 6 years.

Zonda999

Its a great watch alright. It was only on during the summer. The thread on it here when it was on is here;

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=79743373

The reg of the 744 featured is G-CIVX, first delivered to BA in 1998

A320

Reoil wrote: »

I didn't realise that planes get completely stripped down and checked every 6 years.

They get stripped a lot more than every six years,but not to this level.These days there is all sorts of different breakdowns of the c/d checks

Bearcat

Those old 474's are some machines!

Good vid, actually bloody great vid......thx for sharing

highlydebased

Think it was posted here before. Excellent vid nonetheless

A320

Yer manno going on about telling his kids at home he hung an RB211 today is a tad sad,Its far from glamourous working in a hangar on heavy maint checks,Im quite enthusiastic about my job but i've never seen or met anyone like that!! You would get torn to shreds by workmates over here!!!!

Captain Commie

just watched that and loved it, will be flying on a BA 744 part of the way when coming home for easter from UAE

pclancy

Awesome. Cheers for sharing.

Bearcat

Queen of the skies....A380 whale of the skies!

bbsrs

A320 wrote: »

Yer manno going on about telling his kids at home he hung an RB211 today is a tad sad,Its far from glamourous working in a hangar on heavy maint checks,Im quite enthusiastic about my job but i've never seen or met anyone like that!! You would get torn to shreds by workmates over here!!!!

Far from glamorous and a tad repetitive , gvi this , dvi that, not to mention panels and lubeing if you're on the tools.

Tenger

A320 wrote: »

Yer manno going on about telling his kids at home he hung an RB211 today is a tad sad,Its far from glamourous working in a hangar .....

While it may not be glamorous to adults and/or those in the business.....for a little kid to know that "my dad fixes jumbo jets" must be a great feeling.

Stovepipe

yes, I can just imagine the reaction if I went home and told my kids I'd been a legend of Chapter 38 today (toilets, removal,etc,etc). 99% of heavy maintenance is just routine stuff, grease this, change that. It's occasionally different or stimulating or really interesting, but not often.I get more enjoyment out of dealing with classic or homebuilt aircraft.

regards
Stovepipe

AlekSmart

Stovepipe wrote: »

yes, I can just imagine the reaction if I went home and told my kids I'd been a legend of Chapter 38 today (toilets, removal,etc,etc). 99% of heavy maintenance is just routine stuff, grease this, change that. It's occasionally different or stimulating or really interesting, but not often.I get more enjoyment out of dealing with classic or homebuilt aircraft.

regards
Stovepipe

Ah toilets and galleys...oh for the joys of Nigerian Airways old 737 reliables in Hangar 4.....:eek:

A320

Jesus i remember one of my first jobs was a removal of the lav drain valve boot on a 737 classic,horrific stuff,gladly as Avo now i can remain fairly clean and only get a bit of grease on me if mechs are untidy :D

Bummer1234

Watched this fully last night and what a great watch, Really interesting facts and explained in great detail.