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I helped cut off the tail cone of a Boeing 747 (former United tail #882) using of those at the Tupelo MS boneyard a few years ago. Well, actually I drew a sharp
by buildsjets 1y ago
I helped cut off the tail cone of a Boeing 747 (former United tail #882) using of those at the Tupelo MS boneyard a few years ago. Well, actually I drew a sharpie line and said “cut here” and someone did.
There’s a pic of the result of our handiwork on Airliners.net, I have much cooler and closer pictures with sparks flying and non-OSHA approved crane rigging being employed that I unfortunately cannot share, but yes, hot knife through butter described it.
https://www.airliners.net/photo/Untitled-United-Airlines/Boeing-747-422/7116763 https://www.airliners.net/photo/Untitled-United-Airlines/Boe...
- potato3732842 1y agoPlanes are basically made of beer cans though. Sawzalls really struggle with thicker material because the reciprocating nature makes for fuck all chip evacuation.