UA777222 From United States, joined Dec 2003, 2829 posts, RR: 11 Posted (3 years 6 months 2 weeks 6 days 5 hours ago) and read 15835 times:
Hello,
I took a short trip to Socal this weekend and while at LAX I noticed a very messed up tail sticking up from one of the hangers. After taking a look at the shot I have found that it's a DL MD-11. Or at least in a DL c/s. If not DL then I would bet all in that FX in on that. Does anyone know why the tail of this aircraft is as messed up as it is? (Sorry for not grabbing a better shot, when I departed I was ready but the whole airport was covered in fog)
EMBQA From United States, joined Oct 2003, 7513 posts, RR: 10 Reply 6, posted (3 years 6 months 2 weeks 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 15307 times:
You've never been around aircraft maintenance have you..? Aircraft in that condition are normal, they have had panels removed for inspection or repair. With about 10 seconds of research on A.net I found this picture of the aircraft in question....
LMP737 From United States, joined May 2002, 3607 posts, RR: 14 Reply 11, posted (3 years 6 months 2 weeks 5 days 22 hours ago) and read 14517 times:
EMBQA:
In the remarks section for the photo it states that the aircraft is going to go to the Fed Ex hangar for freighter conversion. Fed Ex does not do that kind of work. Chances are it's being prepared for a flight to a facility that does that sort of work.
AeroWeanie From United States, joined Dec 2004, 1511 posts, RR: 38 Reply 12, posted (3 years 6 months 2 weeks 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 13968 times:
Quoting LMP737 (Reply 11): Chances are it's being prepared for a flight to a facility that does that sort of work.
Mikephotos From United States, joined Oct 2000, 2923 posts, RR: 53 Reply 14, posted (3 years 6 months 2 weeks 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 13644 times:
Quoting FLY2HMO (Reply 13): I wonder what that JR diesel 9 is doing there?
That's a normal location where JR 9's rest inbetween flights/getting MX work done.
EMBQA From United States, joined Oct 2003, 7513 posts, RR: 10 Reply 15, posted (3 years 6 months 2 weeks 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 13516 times:
In the remarks section for the photo it states that the aircraft is going to go to the Fed Ex hangar for freighter conversion. Fed Ex does not do that kind of work. Chances are it's being prepared for a flight to a facility that does that sort of work
I didn't post the photo or add the discription, I only found it in the data base and posted it to offer an answer to UAL777222.
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AndrewUber From United States, joined Jul 2003, 2268 posts, RR: 44 Reply 16, posted (3 years 6 months 2 weeks 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 10670 times:
That first shot has quite a bit of heat haze to it as well, making things look a lot worse than they really are.
FlyingNanook From United States, joined Jan 2004, 829 posts, RR: 13 Reply 18, posted (3 years 6 months 2 weeks 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 7941 times:
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I might be wrong about this, but wasn't that plane sitting there a couple of months ago, in a very similar condition? I remember flying into LAX for Easter, and seeing an MD11, which I assumed was Delta, in that condition.
LMP737 From United States, joined May 2002, 3607 posts, RR: 14 Reply 20, posted (3 years 6 months 2 weeks 5 days 15 hours ago) and read 7210 times:
Quoting EMBQA (Reply 15): I didn't post the photo or add the discription, I only found it in the data base and posted it to offer an answer to UAL777222.
I had a feeling that you were aware of this, guess I was right.
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