LINDY FIELD From United States of America, joined Mar 2001, 3072 posts, RR: 15 Reply 1, posted (12 years 1 month 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 1526 times:
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The photos of the interior are the first photos of British Airways' new 4th class seating arrangement, popular among students and working families.
Delta777-XXX From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 1017 posts, RR: 8 Reply 6, posted (12 years 1 month 6 days 17 hours ago) and read 1471 times:
Yeah, I'm with Teej13 on this one... what is a D or C check?
PhilB From Ireland, joined May 1999, 2915 posts, RR: 14 Reply 7, posted (12 years 1 month 6 days 17 hours ago) and read 1461 times:
Definitely a D check at Cardiff.
Basically a thorough strip down and rebuild.
Remember needing my last Eastern L1011. In 1988, when the FAA had their claws into Eastern, I was given a ramp tour at Miami and dropped into Eastern's Maintenance base.
There was what looked like an L1011 skeleton. The fuselage had traces of the reg, which was my last one, but the airframe was almost a shell.
I asked the FAA guys what was going on. "We've just invented the E check" was the reply!
Delta777-XXX From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 1017 posts, RR: 8 Reply 9, posted (12 years 1 month 6 days 17 hours ago) and read 1449 times:
EGGD, It was a joke! lol
So what is the difference between a C, D, & E check?
PhilB From Ireland, joined May 1999, 2915 posts, RR: 14 Reply 17, posted (12 years 1 month 6 days 15 hours ago) and read 1378 times:
Every so often an aircraft needs taking apart to look for corrosion, cracking, to replace worn out parts, revamp the avionics, cabin decor and to fully repaint.
Its called good practice engineering as aircraft are made of materials that wear out!!
Cba From United States of America, joined Jul 2000, 4530 posts, RR: 3 Reply 18, posted (12 years 1 month 6 days 14 hours ago) and read 1356 times:
I didn't realize that a D check was needed so soon. Are these checks due after a certain amount of cycles or years? I'd guess cycles, because I saw an add for a 25 year old DC-10-30 that was up for a D check soon.
RayChuang From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 7696 posts, RR: 5 Reply 19, posted (12 years 1 month 6 days 10 hours ago) and read 1331 times:
Based on my cousin told me about C and D check overhaul procedures at TWA, the pictures are NOT that of a D check overhaul.
For one thing, it appeared they didn't completely remove all of the interior fittings in the passenger seating area; a D check overhaul would involve removing the overhead bins and all the interior walls on the plane.
However, engines are frequently removed from the plane on a C check overhaul. I remember in 1982 when I saw a TWA L1011 undergoing C-check overhaul all three RB.211-22B engines were removed from the plane.
Boeing 747-311 From United States of America, joined Mar 2001, 795 posts, RR: 0 Reply 20, posted (12 years 1 month 6 days 9 hours ago) and read 1316 times:
PhilB From Ireland, joined May 1999, 2915 posts, RR: 14 Reply 21, posted (12 years 1 month 6 days 5 hours ago) and read 1285 times:
Ray,
As we don't know where in the cycle of the check these photos were taken, you cannot surmise it is not a D check by what is and is not in the photos.
I can surmise it is because BA's 747-400 have been going through Cardiff for D checks and most C checks are still carried out at LHR.
cba,
Checks are carried out based on both cycles and age. If an aircraft is in regular use, cycles will be the dominant factor.
If an aircraft spends a long time sitting on the ground between ownerships and is not stored in dry conditions then age will be taken into account.
Again, if an aircraft has been the subject of many leases and has been used by different airlines, serviced by different agencies and generally used very hard, the C and D check cycle might be accelerated for that period of its life.
RayChuang From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 7696 posts, RR: 5 Reply 22, posted (12 years 1 month 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 1258 times:
PhilB,
Actually, the more I think about it the more I think these planes are probably undergoing a D check overhaul.
I note the following: 1) the scaffolding surrounding the 747-400's is something you don't normally see on C checks and 2) they completely stripped the cockpit of all interior fittings including the instrument panel, something that's not common on C checks.
737doctor From United States of America, joined Mar 2001, 1332 posts, RR: 48 Reply 23, posted (12 years 1 month 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 1223 times:
FYI, there are such things as 1/4-D's and 1/2-D's...in which the a/c is not as stripped down as if it were a full D-check.
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