AA mx guys, plese explain this picture

[texflyer]

What are mx personell doing to this 757?

http://www.airliners.net/photo/American-Airlines/Boeing-757-223/2075901/

I am not buying the caption beneath the pic.

 

[2ndGENAMT]

What are mx personell doing to this 757?

http://www.airliners.net/photo/American-Airlines/Boeing-757-223/2075901/

I am not buying the caption beneath the pic.

The hangar they are pulling the airplane into is shorter than the vertical stabilizer height, so they must raise the nose to lower the VS to allow the airplane to be docked in the hangar...

The caption is correct!!

 

[Overspeed]

AA does this in LGA and TULE that I know of. I think they are modifying the TULE hangars now. LGA uses hangars designed for DC3s and they have the old style one piece garage door style that swings up. Too expensive to modify the hangar doors or structure I heard.

 

[Birdman]

I've always thought it would be cheaper to lower the floor in a very small area to allow tail clearance as the a/c moved through the door. I just thought concrete was cheaper than steel.

 

[AAOHNO]

Anyone see the streamer from the gear pin?

 

[iluvaa]

What are mx personell doing to this 757?

http://www.airliners.net/photo/American-Airlines/Boeing-757-223/2075901/

I am not buying the caption beneath the pic.

yep true seen it done many times

 

[AAOHNO]

What are mx personell doing to this 757?

http://www.airliners.net/photo/American-Airlines/Boeing-757-223/2075901/

I am not buying the caption beneath the pic.

I know the 737 has a maintenance manual reference for doing this, I'm sure the 757 does too....BELIEVE the caption.

 

[tech2101]

I have seen it done at Continental's Hobby Hangars many times.

 

[boeing767mech]

Try this picture on for size. Here you can see a little better the tail and the door.

David

 

[Frank Szabo]

What are mx personell doing to this 757?

http://www.airliners.net/photo/American-Airlines/Boeing-757-223/2075901/

I am not buying the caption beneath the pic.

OK. Would you believe the mechanics are balancing the aircraft for a runway length wheelie?

 

[1AA]

Seen it done on a 767 as well.

I thought that this was done so you can check the oil level on the APU without a lift truck. :unsure:

 

[Buck]

I believe the basic cost of cutting the garage door instead of raising the nose to lower the tail is around $2,000,000. Not a whole lot of spending going on at this time.

 

[JFK Fleet Service]

Well,not on anything operationally relevant at least...although it is a consultantcy jackpot around here these days.

 

[WorldTraveler]

When The Spirit of Delta (the 767-200 bought for the company by the employees) was moved into one of DL's original hangars at ATL to become part of the Delta Museum,
the hangar was modified.

"Hangar Two is home to The Spirit of Delta, B-767. Because the tail of Ship 102 was four feet higher than the support beams in the “tail door” of the hangar, a team of structural engineers modified the structure in 2006 to allow Spirit to fit. The hangar also received a much-needed cosmetic change – a fresh coat of interior paint to bring the hangar back to its original “maintenance grey”. "

http://deltamuseum.org/M_Museum_Facilities.htm

How often do 757s need to be pulled into AA's hangars at LGA and other facilities where the tail does not fit? If it is not on a scheduled basis, then perhaps the cost isn't justified if AA can do scheduled work elsewhere. Presumably the equipment to lift the nose was purchased to accommodate the need - so unless that procedure doesn't work (sounds like it does), there is no need to modify the hangar.

 

[boeing767mech]

When The Spirit of Delta (the 767-200 bought for the company by the employees) was moved into one of DL's original hangars at ATL to become part of the Delta Museum,
the hangar was modified.

"Hangar Two is home to The Spirit of Delta, B-767. Because the tail of Ship 102 was four feet higher than the support beams in the “tail door” of the hangar, a team of structural engineers modified the structure in 2006 to allow Spirit to fit. The hangar also received a much-needed cosmetic change – a fresh coat of interior paint to bring the hangar back to its original “maintenance grey”. "

http://deltamuseum.org/M_Museum_Facilities.htm

How often do 757s need to be pulled into AA's hangars at LGA and other facilities where the tail does not fit? If it is not on a scheduled basis, then perhaps the cost isn't justified if AA can do scheduled work elsewhere. Presumably the equipment to lift the nose was purchased to accommodate the need - so unless that procedure doesn't work (sounds like it does), there is no need to modify the hangar.

In Boston it is not just cut a hole and add another door. Plumbing for the heating system and tracks for the main hangar doors would have to be relocated and or reworked. But the biggest problem is the hangar is owned by Massport and they don't want to cut the door on the hangar since there was plans to tear down that hangar in the future and make a parking lot in the area. But things have changed since I was in Boston last. Rumor has it that American is going to get Delta Airlines old hangar. But this is rumor and was before Chapter 11.