Originally Posted by
nomorecatering
This thread is worth of cutting and pasting all the posts to make a book.
I've been wondering about that too.... just looking for an easy way to do a "copy and save" of an entire thread.
Any ideas?
It would need some editing afterwards, to bring the various sub-subjects together.
Is it true that the airframs had very little corrosion because during flight they were heated enough that any moisture literaly boiled off.
Quite true... it was a pleasant surprise during the major overhauls. People like M2dude can no doubt tell you far more about that.
It would probably have been a major factor in extending the service life, if other things hadn't put an end to that in 2003.
Even if the moisture did not literally "boil off", most of it evaporated, with structural temperatures up to 100°C in many places, as against the -40°C and less in some subsonic aircraft.
Does anyone have a photo of the inside of the baggage hold?
The forward or the back one?
Neither look very fascinating.
For the back one just imagine a short stretch of cabin without any seats or fittings or windows. On Delta-Golf at Brooklands and Alpha-Echo at Barbados, they're now used as a sort of small "entry hall" for the visitors.
CJ