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What's going on?????
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Ameri...223/2075901/M/
Saw this photo on another site and thought I’d pose the question here.
What’s going on here? Yes I know what the remarks say, but is that real-ly what’s going on? What do you think?
Had to do a similar thing to get a DHC-8 into a hanger built for Brasilias and 1900s. A small ramp was built for the nose wheel and placed in front of the hanger so when they pushed it back, the nose would roll over the ramp, lowering the tail just enough to clear the door.
Our hangers have a NOTCH for the tail to slip through. Not an issue with the NG's or classics but an issue with the wide bodies.
Makes perfect sense and the towbar/jig looks purpose built, so I'd say yes. Of course mx can do alot of things with the airplanes that rampers can't. I'm always amazed at how tight mx packs airplanes into hangars w/ overlapping wings and all.
On the same idea of this, but completely different.....one time my crew was kind enough to taxi the airplane into a light pole. The winglet was sitting on top of the pole, and one of the rampers had the idea to get the supertug to raise the airplane up off the pole. I quickly pointed out that the winglet is behind the fulcrum of the MLG and it would be disastrous to raise the nose. It took a good hour, but mx sourced a Nitrogen cart and pumped up the MLG strut. It was quite a sight when the winglet came up, releasing the torque on the pole, and the pole shot back and forth like a bent tree branch.
Hahaha....I had to laugh at that one. Yes, MX does some neat things stacking airplanes into a hanger, but I've seen some pretty good DINGS in my time with wings getting rolled into stands, or stands being pushed into engine cowlings and alot more. In this business, the least you do, the least things you will break over a career. The more you do, the more the chances of messing something up.