Simviation Forum - While you where sleeping pt3

Jul 5^th, 2007 at 6:18pm

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Got a call Tuesday morning and was ~~asked~~ told that I have to drive to Munich to change an engine on an A320 that night. Here are a few pictures of what a 19 hour shift looks like Huh

Matt

Cross dressing

This should be, "Whilst you where having breakfast"

And this should be"Whilst you where having your evening meal/tea"

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Reply #1 - Jul 5^th, 2007 at 6:30pm

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Fascinating. I'd never realized that the bypass section is actually part of the clamp assembly that holds the engine in place (on that model, anyway)... smart.

Looks like an honest days' work... Grin

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Reply #2 - Jul 5^th, 2007 at 6:32pm

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I just hope you weren't left with a small box of left over bits at the end of the shift Grin

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Reply #3 - Jul 5^th, 2007 at 6:46pm

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beaky wrote on Jul 5^th, 2007 at 6:30pm:

Fascinating. I'd never realized that the bypass section is actually part of the clamp assembly that holds the engine in place (on that model, anyway)... smart.

Looks like an honest days' work... Grin

What is harder to realise and it gets me every time I have to think about it, is that the bypass is also the thrust reverse unit and the outer slides back to expose the cascades and blocker doors. As for an honest days work, I will have to decline to answer that one Wink

eno wrote on Jul 5^th, 2007 at 6:32pm:

I just hope you weren't left with a small box of left over bits at the end of the shift Grin

May I also decline from having to answer that question too please Undecided

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Reply #4 - Jul 5^th, 2007 at 6:50pm

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expat wrote on Jul 5^th, 2007 at 6:46pm:

eno wrote on Jul 5^th, 2007 at 6:32pm:

I just hope you weren't left with a small box of left over bits at the end of the shift Grin

May I decline from having to answer that question please Undecided

Matt

I'll avoid flying Air Berlin in the future then Undecided

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Reply #5 - Jul 5^th, 2007 at 6:59pm

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eno wrote on Jul 5^th, 2007 at 6:50pm:

expat wrote on Jul 5^th, 2007 at 6:46pm:

eno wrote on Jul 5^th, 2007 at 6:32pm:

I just hope you weren't left with a small box of left over bits at the end of the shift Grin

May I decline from having to answer that question please Undecided

Matt

I'll avoid flying Air Berlin in the future then Undecided

No worries eno, stores always send far to much. I had enough left over to change half the second engine Shocked

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Reply #6 - Jul 5^th, 2007 at 7:06pm

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Matt ....thank you for your informative reply ....... I still won't be flying Air Berlin .... cos I don't live near one of their hubs Grin

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Reply #7 - Jul 5^th, 2007 at 7:19pm

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Reply #8 - Jul 5^th, 2007 at 8:14pm

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Bummer, Air Berlin flies into EDDV regularly. Shocked

At least I could watch from my window if one fell out of the sky (on approach into 27L/R). Shocked

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Reply #9 - Jul 5^th, 2007 at 11:23pm

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this is what I want to do when I get older Grin

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Reply #10 - Jul 6^th, 2007 at 11:21am

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How many guys on the team ?......I'm sure it would take more than one person to do the entire job in short time....... Huh

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Reply #11 - Jul 6^th, 2007 at 12:21pm

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Great shots!!
Very interesting & thanks for sharing!!

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Reply #12 - Jul 6^th, 2007 at 2:18pm

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Rifleman wrote on Jul 6^th, 2007 at 11:21am:

How many guys on the team ?......I'm sure it would take more than one person to do the entire job in short time....... Huh

8 guys on the day shift and 4 on the night shift. The night shift (me) did the cross dressing and pylon inspection and positioning the engine, does not sound like much, but it is. Then after sleeping a few hours we joined the day shift for the run to the finish. Normally if it was "at home", 5 guys per shift would work the engine, MUC was a quickie.
Another reason it took so long, was that this Air Bus has a V2500 engine and not a CFM56. The 56 can be changed by 3 people, the V2500 is a pig from start to finsh.

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Reply #13 - Jul 6^th, 2007 at 6:04pm

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expat wrote on Jul 6^th, 2007 at 2:18pm:

Rifleman wrote on Jul 6^th, 2007 at 11:21am:

How many guys on the team ?......I'm sure it would take more than one person to do the entire job in short time....... Huh

The night shift (me) did the cross dressing

Another reason it took so long, was that this dress was a V2500 and not a CFM56. The 56 can be changed by 3 people, the V2500 is a pig from start to finsh.

Matt

Ahhhh the stockings and suspender belt ment you needed a bit of help ....... and you needed more help because the V2500 buttons up the back .... as opposed to the CMF56 dress buttoning up the front. Grin

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Reply #14 - Jul 7^th, 2007 at 5:35am

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eno wrote on Jul 6^th, 2007 at 6:04pm:

expat wrote on Jul 6^th, 2007 at 2:18pm:

Rifleman wrote on Jul 6^th, 2007 at 11:21am:

How many guys on the team ?......I'm sure it would take more than one person to do the entire job in short time....... Huh

The night shift (me) did the cross dressing

Another reason it took so long, was that this dress was a V2500 and not a CFM56. The 56 can be changed by 3 people, the V2500 is a pig from start to finsh.

Matt

Ahhhh the stockings and suspender belt ment you needed a bit of help ....... and you needed more help because the V2500 buttons up the back .... as opposed to the CMF56 dress buttoning up the front. Grin

Na, CFM56 has a nice zip Grin

Matt

PS Oh how quick an innocuous (cross dressing) remark can change the whole direction of a thread Grin

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