TinkerBelle From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Posted (7 years 2 months 3 weeks 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 2506 times:
I was just looking formore info on what happened to the UA 747 that clipped QF's 767. Last thing I heard was that UA was chucking out 10K/day for storage only and there were some pictures here showing the 'wing spur' (or whatever they call it) on the 744. Is the 747 still stuck down under? What is UA using to replace the 747 since I heard they don't have a stand-by 747? Any info would be greatly appreciated.
YOWza From Canada, joined Jul 2005, 4781 posts, RR: 17 Reply 1, posted (7 years 2 months 3 weeks 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 2491 times:
Last I heard it was still down under and being fixed up, mind you that was over a week ago. I'm sure someone closer to the action might have more detailed, up-to-date info.
Sfomb67 From United States of America, joined Dec 2005, 417 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (7 years 2 months 3 weeks 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 2429 times:
It's at UA"s San Francisco Maint Base. Ferried there 2/24 Flt 9923.
TinkerBelle From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 3, posted (7 years 2 months 3 weeks 6 days 3 hours ago) and read 2260 times:
Quoting Sfomb67 (Reply 2): It's at UA"s San Francisco Maint Base. Ferried there 2/24 Flt 9923.
According to some pics that were posted here before, there was substantial damage to the wing tip. Did they ferry it back to SFO with all that damage? Hmmmmm...
Spacepope From Vatican City, joined Dec 1999, 2739 posts, RR: 1 Reply 4, posted (7 years 2 months 3 weeks 6 days 3 hours ago) and read 2234 times:
Quoting TinkerBelle (Reply 3): According to some pics that were posted here before, there was substantial damage to the wing tip. Did they ferry it back to SFO with all that damage? Hmmmmm...
The winglet was removed before the ferry flight. I'd imaging not much else was done to the wing structure, except maybe bashing some really dinged up parts back in place-ish.
FA4UA From United States of America, joined Nov 2003, 812 posts, RR: 22 Reply 5, posted (7 years 2 months 3 weeks 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 2152 times:
That's weird-- I figured I saw it at the hangar the other day because I saw an old battleship grey color scheme with a new white and blue winglet. Hmmm... i should have grabbed the nose number on that one to do more research! dangit!
FA4UA
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Ordpark From United States of America, joined Nov 2003, 543 posts, RR: 1 Reply 6, posted (7 years 2 months 3 weeks 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 2104 times:
RDUDDJI From Lesotho, joined Jun 2004, 1315 posts, RR: 3 Reply 7, posted (7 years 2 months 3 weeks 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 2041 times:
Oh well, so much for all the haters that were saying they'd have to replace the whole wing in one of the other 11-ty-9 threads about this same subject.
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