10/6/2023 0 Comments Scrap boeing 747 cockpit![]() I’m there to talk to Vanhoenacker about his latest book, How to Land a Plane, but also-let’s be honest-to just spend some time in the cockpit with a seasoned aviator who showed me some of its cavernous interior during an interview in late May. Earlier that morning, the vessel had flown in from London’s Heathrow, typically a seven-hour-plus flight. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, and the engines are off, so of course, we don’t change speed. Our airliner’s parked at a gate at John F. “Push them forward, you go faster pull them back, you go slower.” A moment later he moves them back where they were. “It’s as basic as it can be,” Vanhoenacker says casually, then pushes those four thrust levers forward with one hand. Mark Vanhoenacker, a senior first officer with British Airways, author of air-travel books, and a columnist for the Financial Times, is in the seat to my right. I’m a journalist, not a pilot, but I’m sitting in the captain’s seat on the left side of the flight deck. Four Rolls Royce engines power the giant 747 aircraft, hanging off wings that span about 211 feet-and in the center of the cockpit are four ivory-colored thrust levers, one for each engine. XM496, Bristol 175 Britannia C.The cockpit of a British Airways Boeing 747-400 is a beautifully complex place where a handful of analog gauges live side-by-side with digital displays.Īmong the vast array of system switches and controls in the worn flight deck, some parts are easier to understand than others. G-CIVB Boeing 747-436, British Airways (Negus livery) XR540, Hawker Siddeley Gnat T.1, Red Arrows RAF (actual reg XP502) M-FTOH, Boeing 727-269(A), Air Salvage Int’l TF-AAK, Boeing 747-428, Air Atlanta Icelandic (minus engines) XW550, Blackburn Buccaneer S.2B, RAF 16 sqdn (cockpit) XX894, Blackburn Buccaneer S.2, Royal Navy XW544, Blackburn Buccaneer S.2B, RAF 16 sqdn XH134, English Electric Canberra PR.9, Silver RAF LY-BMS (ex-F-GRHQ), Airbus A319-111, Air France (minus engines) N29106, Boeing 737-809, China Airlines (minus engines & tail) (in hangar)į-GRHH, Airbus A319-111, Air France (minus engines) G-ZAPX / G-LSAO, Boeing 757-256, Titan Airways (no engines)ĬS-TTH Airbus A319-111, TAP Air Portugal (minus engines) N29105 Boeing 737-809, China Airlines (minus engines and tail)ĬS-TTE Airbus A319-111, TAP Air Portugal (minus engines) ![]() G-LSAH Boeing 757-21B, Jet2 (minus engines)į-GTAH, Airbus A321-212, Air France (minus engines) G-CIVN Boeing 747-436, British Airways (minus engines, wings chopped) G-EZGF, Airbus A319-111, easyJet (cockpit section)ĬS-TTG, Airbus A319-111, TAP Air Portugal (cockpit section – small) TF-AAH Boeing 747-400 (cockpit upper section) G-MKGA, Boeing 747-2R7F, ex-MK Airlines (cockpit upper section) G-EZIH, Airbus A319-111, easyJet (cockpit section on floor) LZ-DCC (ex-F-GKXK) Airbus A320-214, Air France (minus engines, tail, wings chopped)ĮZ-A107, Boeing 717-22K, Turkmenistan A/L (Forward fuselage)į-GUGF Airbus A318, Air France (minus engines, minus wings & tail) VP-BRM Airbus A321-231, Red Wings (minus engines)ĬS-TNI Airbus A320-200, TAP Air Portugal (minus engines) (2-MMTT), Boeing 727-76, Platinum Services (Minus nos 1 & 2 engines, APU in running order) G-EZNM, Airbus A319-111, easyJet (minus engines) TF-AMK, Boeing 747-400, Air Atlanta Icelandic (21 July 2023) TF-AMD Boeing 747-400F, Air Atlanta Icelandic (29 June 2023)į-GRHQ Airbus A319, Air France (18 July 2023)į-GUGK Airbus A318, Air France (1 August 2023)ĩH-AZB, Boeing 747-400, Air Atlanta Europe (21 March 2023) TF-AME Boeing 747-400F, Air Atlanta Icelandic (15 June 2023) TF-AMK Boeing 747-400F, Air Atlanta Icelandic () ** PLEASE NOTE – I am only able to update this list if people can contribute updates on the storage/scrapping situation at Kemble.
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