Is this an Airliner First?
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Is this an Airliner First?
Is this a first for an airliner? i.e. first of type being broken up before the type has had an example written off in an accident?
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A Boeing 777 is heading for the breaker’s yard for the first time, just 11 years after the twinjet first entered service.
Memphis-based Universal Asset Management says it has acquired a General Electric GE90-90B-powered 777-200 (MSN 27109) - the nineteenth aircraft off the line - for disassembly...
http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles...irst+time.html
This is an ex-BA bird. One of only three GE 77As ever produced. Undoubtably the least desirable of all the 777/engine combinations. AFAIK It has GE90-76Bs too, not -90Bs. Aircraft looks in good shape, so it does seem odd that it is being broken up, especially after less than 11 years in active airline service. However i would think that it being a non ER model, the used market is not so strong hence it is more economical to strip the frame of useful parts.
These A market aircraft are the least likely candidates for freighter conversion due to their very low payload capabilities. This particular aircraft has a MTOW of 247 tonnes, the actual frieghters offered by Boeing can lift nearly 100 tonnes more.
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A Boeing 777 is heading for the breaker’s yard for the first time, just 11 years after the twinjet first entered service.
Memphis-based Universal Asset Management says it has acquired a General Electric GE90-90B-powered 777-200 (MSN 27109) - the nineteenth aircraft off the line - for disassembly...
http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles...irst+time.html
This is an ex-BA bird. One of only three GE 77As ever produced. Undoubtably the least desirable of all the 777/engine combinations. AFAIK It has GE90-76Bs too, not -90Bs. Aircraft looks in good shape, so it does seem odd that it is being broken up, especially after less than 11 years in active airline service. However i would think that it being a non ER model, the used market is not so strong hence it is more economical to strip the frame of useful parts.
These A market aircraft are the least likely candidates for freighter conversion due to their very low payload capabilities. This particular aircraft has a MTOW of 247 tonnes, the actual frieghters offered by Boeing can lift nearly 100 tonnes more.
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Does this qualify?
Avro Canada C-102 Jetliner, first flight August 10, 1949, only one built. Designed to meet Trans-Canada Air Lines requirement. Howard Hughes personally tested it from private airfield at Culver City, CA.
Development was stopped in 1951 by the federal government in Canada to allow Avro to work on the CF-100. Nose section (CF-EJD-X) in Canada Aviation Museum. The rest sold for scrap. Main wheels ended on a farm wagon, the autopilot in a DC-3. First jet transport to fly in North America, second in the world (13 days after d.H. 106 Comet). Four Rolls-Royce Derwent 5/17, 3,600 lb static thrust, axial flow turbojet engines. Range 1,250 miles. Cruise 420 mph. Max speed 500 mph. Climb 2,220 ft/min. Service ceiling 40,300 ft. Wing span 98'1". Length 82'5". Height 26' 5 1/2". Weight empty 37,000 lbs. Weight gross 65,000 lbs. Crew three.
Airport manager in NY insisted that the aircraft be parked away from the terminal and had pans placed below the "fire-spitting" engines to catch any dangerous drippings.
See:<http://www.aviation.technomuses.ca/collections/artifacts/aircraft/AvroCanadaC-102Jetlin...>.
Avro Canada C-102 Jetliner, first flight August 10, 1949, only one built. Designed to meet Trans-Canada Air Lines requirement. Howard Hughes personally tested it from private airfield at Culver City, CA.
Development was stopped in 1951 by the federal government in Canada to allow Avro to work on the CF-100. Nose section (CF-EJD-X) in Canada Aviation Museum. The rest sold for scrap. Main wheels ended on a farm wagon, the autopilot in a DC-3. First jet transport to fly in North America, second in the world (13 days after d.H. 106 Comet). Four Rolls-Royce Derwent 5/17, 3,600 lb static thrust, axial flow turbojet engines. Range 1,250 miles. Cruise 420 mph. Max speed 500 mph. Climb 2,220 ft/min. Service ceiling 40,300 ft. Wing span 98'1". Length 82'5". Height 26' 5 1/2". Weight empty 37,000 lbs. Weight gross 65,000 lbs. Crew three.
Airport manager in NY insisted that the aircraft be parked away from the terminal and had pans placed below the "fire-spitting" engines to catch any dangerous drippings.
See:<http://www.aviation.technomuses.ca/collections/artifacts/aircraft/AvroCanadaC-102Jetlin...>.
Last edited by Davaar; 23rd Nov 2006 at 17:34. Reason: To correct spelling
