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Monday, February 28, 2011

More Aircraft Recycling

Who knew a fuselage has resale value?  UAM recently sold the better section of an MD87 fuselage, for testing and modification of the cargo fire suppressor system.  Here the illustrated version of the process – it’s pretty amazing…


First the disassembly team removed the tail
After removing the wings, the fuselage was cut from the cockpit and lower into the cradle  
Finally, the fuselage was secured into the cradle when is was loaded onto the truck for shipment