And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Most commercial & Fixed Based Operator’s (FBO’s) hangars are spotless. I spend a lot of downtime mopping the floor in ours. It looks good and it’s a lot safer. You can find things when they’re dropped and they don’t end up in bad places...like tires. Impression & perception are important. If you have raggedy azz looking airplanes, equipment & facilities, it doesn’t matter how good you are, you’re perceived as a raggedy azz outfit.
Airbus 340-800. The outboard main gear aren’t pitched nose up like a 747’s. There’s nothing more boring than a gear swing. Gear up, gear down, gear up, gear down....... The upside to this size airframe is the jacks are all powered by a pump unit. The size I wrench on are manual. It’s not bad when there’s a guy working each jack...but alone? Pumppumppump...move to the next...pumppumppump...move...takes a long time.
So the whole plane is jacked up from those two points? Pretty awesome.
ReplyDeleteThree. Nose and both wings.
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ReplyDelete747, Queen of the skies!
ReplyDeleteI would say King. Their safety record is unbelievable. Saw a documentary on its life.
DeleteNever noticed it had two sets of main gear.
ReplyDelete....and, is that an airplane hangar or an operating room?
ReplyDeleteMost commercial & Fixed Based Operator’s (FBO’s) hangars are spotless. I spend a lot of downtime mopping the floor in ours. It looks good and it’s a lot safer. You can find things when they’re dropped and they don’t end up in bad places...like tires. Impression & perception are important. If you have raggedy azz looking airplanes, equipment & facilities, it doesn’t matter how good you are, you’re perceived as a raggedy azz outfit.
DeleteAirbus 340-800. The outboard main gear aren’t pitched nose up like a 747’s. There’s nothing more boring than a gear swing. Gear up, gear down, gear up, gear down....... The upside to this size airframe is the jacks are all powered by a pump unit. The size I wrench on are manual. It’s not bad when there’s a guy working each jack...but alone? Pumppumppump...move to the next...pumppumppump...move...takes a long time.
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