Totally Jacked Up Aircraft Photos

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Sunday, October 27, 2013

A Unique, And Approved, Method Of Jacking Up The Nose Of A Boeing 767 After An Unintended Nose Gear Retraction.

Shot location: IAH (Photos courtesy of our Texas Smartphone Division)

A hanger incident resulted in the un-commanded retraction of the nose gear, which caused enough damage to the forward jacking point to require some really creative thinking.

A specialized Boeing Team was brought in to jack the aircraft back up, and to repair the damage to the lower fuselage. This is where it got really interesting.

Apparently, with the proper apparatus and brackets, you can run a support beam on jacks through the cockpit windows to return the bird to her upright position.

Neat stuff.

3 comments:

William JamesOctober 27, 2013 at 11:33 PM
A support goes down from the strongback, between the seats, and accesses the nose gear strongpoints from the top. I believe it passes through the nose gear access panel.
Pretty slick trick.
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BenjaminOctober 28, 2013 at 6:32 AM
It's like headgear-- for a widebody!
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getjetsOctober 30, 2013 at 12:37 AM
That is so wicked looking.......through the window of cockpit.....looks like that's ground zero so to speak...like haveing braces.......yes pun.......with enough thought......anything can be........fixed......just stop drop and roll...........there's an answer.......I think...........♥
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