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"V1 - Rotate" 747 trying to fly on its own in boneyard.
This 747 is sitting in a boneyard in Mojave, CA awaiting scrapping. On May 23rd, 2012 the area experienced extreme winds of 70+ miles per hour due to a low pressure zone. Without the weight of its engines, the slightly tail heavy 747 tries to take to the skies one last time. The next day the plane was found to have also rotated about 45 degrees from its original position. (www.youtube.com) और अधिक...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
it feels like this old and beautiful bird wants to touch the clouds again.
Don't they tie these things down???!!! especially in 80-90 kt winds?
Heck guys, Back in '81, I was on top of an F-14 one night in the Indian Ocean taking wing sweep oil samples, we had about 40 knots of wind coming over the bow and the plane was on 12 point tie downs. The wings were flapping up and down 6 inches at the wingtips and the whole thing was shuddering, and that is fully operational, all gear, engines, probably a quarter bag of fuel, AND the wings in oversweep, flaps and slats fully retracted, with the aircraft being at least 50 degrees off of the wind, Probably 40,000 lbs. So yeah, a hollow 747-200 with an MTOW of up to 833,000 lbs... as real as it gets, very likely in fact.
I looked at the history of Southern Air. They have stored and some scrapped about 16 747s. None are SP or -100 series. They have bought/leased -200s and -300s and are getting some new 777Fs. They have used a lot of sub-series 747-230B[1], B(SF)[4], -246F(SCD)2], -206B(M)(SUD)[3], -2F6B(SF)[1], -3B5(SF)[1], -228F(SCD)[3], -243B(SF)[3], -2L5B(SF)[1], and one -346.
The quantity is in brackets behind each time.
The quantity is in brackets behind each time.
This is a secret new experimental 747 for VTOL with no engines. Close but no cigar! Net video showing what wind can do even to a 747 (not as heavy as a regular 747 minus engines and likely some of the interior). Folks should think about how many light aircraft that are tossed around in winds gusts around 40 - 50.
Brett.