New Body Gear Strut

This is a newly overhauled Left Body Gear Strut without the components. We will now have to transfer the electrical components, hydraulic hardware,wheels and brakes on to it to ....



















look like this.....but this is the right body gear assy.

Another Nose Gear Installation Job

This nose gear was removed














from this B747

















And now fitted to this B747


















All in 8hrs work.

















The next job is to install this main wing gear. I wonder how long will this one take

The Real Flight Engineer

This is a Flight Engineer's Panel on a B747-200. The person who mans this panel sits just behind the co Pilot and center pedastal. The Flight engineer is part of the flight crew and his job is to assist the flight crew and monitor the aircraft's systems. Most of the flight engineer duties have been replaced by the aircraft computers. On /B747/B767/B757 its called the EICAS - Engine Indicating And Crew Alerting System.New generation B747-400 has done away with the flight engineer. How ever the flight Engineer these days is loosely termed. In my days with RBA Engineering whenever i accompany the aircraft for flights requiring certification at stations where there are none, I'm known as the flight engineer. In all my time as a Flight Engineer all i ever did was eat and sleep just like the rest of the travelling passenggers. The only time i do work is when the aircraft was on the ground as nothing much can be done when its in the air. The only thing is as the flight engineer you are the first to arrive and the last to leave the aircraft for a day's work.

B747 on Jacks

Another view of the B747 on jacks with all landing gears removed.

My Other Home at work

TOYS "R" US @VAL

The B747 on jacks with all landing gears removed








B747-200 Resuscitated after a long coma.






Panoramic view of VAL

B747 -200 Engine Removal

This is what an engine looks like without its aerodynamic panels and waiting to be removed from the pylon.














This is what the wing looks like after the engine is removed from its pylon.














The engine on the ground and resting on its transportation stand.












This engine is a Pratt & Whitney JT9D series which is mostly installed on the older B747-200.