Half fuselage at Stanstead (STN)
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Half fuselage at Stanstead (STN)
I saw this at London Stanstead. Can someone please tell me what this half fuselage is doing there. It is very near active stands so cant be a trainer. Thanks.
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It's a chunk of an ex-Yamal 737-500 which arrived in mid-2015 and is used by Swissport for cabin training.
You can just see the end of the Swissport logo, mostly obscured by the silo. It's on a wheeled dolly and can be moved around.
Edit: VP-BRV, this is the only other photo I can find online:
You can just see the end of the Swissport logo, mostly obscured by the silo. It's on a wheeled dolly and can be moved around.
Edit: VP-BRV, this is the only other photo I can find online:
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Thank you.
I would have never guessed that myself. I wonder why they would wheel it around ?
It's a chunk of an ex-Yamal 737-500 which arrived in mid-2015 and is used by Swissport for cabin training.
You can just see the end of the Swissport logo, mostly obscured by the silo. It's on a wheeled dolly and can be moved around.
Edit: VP-BRV, this is the only other photo I can find online:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/136548402@N04/37278937915
You can just see the end of the Swissport logo, mostly obscured by the silo. It's on a wheeled dolly and can be moved around.
Edit: VP-BRV, this is the only other photo I can find online:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/136548402@N04/37278937915
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chevvron, I understand your frustration but there comes a time when you just need to let go. I've given up on the many educated aviation people who spell hangar as "hanger". I even saw it in an official NTSB accident report! It grates me as much as "Stanstead" does you, but we just have to learn to live with it 
And then, there's "Brittania" Airways!
And then, there's "Brittania" Airways!
I don't know what swissport use this for but we had a wingless Comet at LGW when I was a dispatcher and we were trained to manouver the jetways on that. It was towed to a quiet stand by tug and we used to bash away until we got our licence.
chevvron, I understand your frustration but there comes a time when you just need to let go. I've given up on the many educated aviation people who spell hangar as "hanger". I even saw it in an official NTSB accident report! It grates me as much as "Stanstead" does you, but we just have to learn to live with it And then, there's "Brittania" Airways!
And then, there's "Brittania" Airways!
It's a chunk of an ex-Yamal 737-500 which arrived in mid-2015 and is used by Swissport for cabin training.
You can just see the end of the Swissport logo, mostly obscured by the silo. It's on a wheeled dolly and can be moved around.
Edit: VP-BRV, this is the only other photo I can find online
You can just see the end of the Swissport logo, mostly obscured by the silo. It's on a wheeled dolly and can be moved around.
Edit: VP-BRV, this is the only other photo I can find online
And here's the front end, in an industrial estate outside Glasgow:
there comes a time when you just need to let go
ah, sorry, I meant 'chevvron'......no, I meant 'chevron'....WHIH.....
I dunno, it's drinking time, anyway.
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It’s can be used for jetbridge/steps training, can be wheeled to a stand in place of a real aircraft, less expensive to damage the trainer than a plane, also to give trainee loaders a look at what a hold looks like without them going into a real one and slowing down a turnaround.
I recall many years ago (the 90's) that there was an old Trident aircraft at Heathrow that I think was used for tug driver training. It had half the wings cut off though, which seemed a bit daft to me because isn't it part of their training to learn not to bash full span wingtips into things? I guess it's done in some sort of simulator now anyway.
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Not sure if this is the same aircraft but it seems likely
https://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/...-near-glasgow/
The fuselage of a Boeing 737 is to be installed at the front of the former Rolls Royce aero engine factory near Glasgow, which is now a go-karting and leisure centre called The Experience.
https://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/...-near-glasgow/
The fuselage of a Boeing 737 is to be installed at the front of the former Rolls Royce aero engine factory near Glasgow, which is now a go-karting and leisure centre called The Experience.
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The operations manager's dream cockpit! One big MAKE-AEROPLANE-GO button on the panel and two handles for the pilots to hold.
Training costs will be slashed, crew entry requirements reduced to GCSE English ( for doing the crossword ).
Training costs will be slashed, crew entry requirements reduced to GCSE English ( for doing the crossword ).