ferrettkitt Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 http://www.airsalvage.co.uk/portfolio.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoelH Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 I like the link - especially the Concords. There was a program on Channel 5 this week about a Digger Rental Company - someone hired one of their bigger bits of kit to rip up a 737. They quoted the engines as being worth 1 million each - but the actual value of the high grade aluminium was only £30k - strange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mk3iain Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 I like the link - especially the Concords. There was a program on Channel 5 this week about a Digger Rental Company - someone hired one of their bigger bits of kit to rip up a 737. They quoted the engines as being worth 1 million each - but the actual value of the high grade aluminium was only £30k - strange. I think it was a 747-400 and he ran away when the kero spilt out!! it would have been ideal for the central heating! The engines and apu and many other components would have been re-usable after checks depending on their hours run. The engines and apu have their own log books and may even have been rental items and will be back in the rental pool. There will be a lot of high value components on the a/c that will not be scrapped hence specialist approved companys doing the recovery. 100t of ally for £30k, seems about right I suppose, but a lot of work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoelH Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 That was a lot of "residual fuel" - he did move fast. The landing gear seems to be another expensive part of the aircraft - if you look a large number of salvage aircraft have had their landing gear removed and are elevated on wooden pallets - they had even used the same technique on something as big as a 747-400. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 I like the link - especially the Concords. I thought we eventually bowed to French and called in Concorde. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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