Breaking Down And Reassembling A Boeing 747 | Engineering Giants | On The Move
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- Опубликовано: 27 май 2021
- Engineer turned comedian Tom Wigglesworth and rising star of mechanical engineering Rob Bell climb on board Victor X-ray, a 200-ton, £200 million Boeing 747. It will be broken into tens of thousands of parts in the airline's maintenance hangar in Cardiff, before being painstakingly reassembled and certified fit to fly again. This is the first time this complex process has ever been filmed and it provides fascinating insights into just how a 747 works.
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Sniff* this is my childhood documentary.
And in my top 3 favorite aviation videos.
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What are the other two?
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This is a breath of fresh air after obsessively binging Mayday Air Disasters for the last 3 days. Thank you to all these amazing engineers!
HAHAHAHAHA okay I have done this EXACT thing. My state is in a hard lockdown amidst covid scares and have been binging Mayday and it said Mayday viewers also watch this.
No kidding.
*whistle innocently *
FUCK YEA
😂😂😂
BEST airplane ever!! 😻😻 I was a stewardess on 747s for TWA in 1970 - 71.
Best AMERICAN airplane. Don’t ever forget that! I was a Boeing test pilot and engineer from 1968 to 1980. Even the Rolls-Royce engines were designed by an American
Bet you were hot 20 years ago;) Like the cat, nice touch!
Me and my favorite Mr.Sam flight is 747
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I guess the rumors are true. Retired stewardesses end up as cat ladies, and retired pilots end up with livers made of stone and illegitimate children in no less than 9 states.
I flew on this 747 back in 2012 shortly after this video was made. The registration for this plane was GCIVX. I will always love the 747 and miss them!!
747 was my favorite aircraft to work on! I’m a former Flight Attendant of American Airlines! Loved that aircraft it was Amazing and mighty!
@John Smith more then a couple. At least Thru 1976 when I left. I believe AA flew the mighty 747 beyond 1976
Sniff.....this is where I 'grew up' as a flight attendant.....most of my exciting trips took place aboard a 747 and it safely took me around the globe. I will never forget it!
Its sad that British airways has retired its fleet of 747's This documentary is an amazing piece of history.
Why though? Cost issues?
@@flowgangsemaudamartoz7062 Fuel and maintainance costs coupled with the decline in overseas travel. Planes like the Airbus A340 and Boeing 777 make more sense.
Yeah there was this British Airways documentary I'd seen (basically a PR stunt for them) with a dash of 'reality TV' of which stewardesses were going to be hired, etc. and all they could talk about were the "new A380s" being the wave of the future. Well guess what, they just stopped manufacturing them due to lack of demand; that was a 15-year run; 13 if you count the tangle with FAA approval ('05 or '07 to '20.) Compared to Boeing (1970 to est. 2022) that's 52 years, 4 times the length. That's a legacy. Air France 447 proved Scarebuses had babysitters, not pilots. Boeing's a company I'm proud both of my grandfathers designed for (and the US military; one during WWII, the other doing stealth jets in the 50s.) You can google their names and see all the great patents they invented. They were the last freelance scientists. They would be horrified if they had lived to see the 737-MAX disaster; luckily the last one passed in his sleep at age 92, a year before the accidents and groundings.
Worked at west end of Pearson and never got tired of watching them come and go for 25 years ! Have only seen 2 this year 😞 One of my Twitter followers is a former 747 pilot!! The day of the Air France incident went up to other runway to grab a coffe. Three lined up leave ! Guess who was late coming back from lunch break ?
@@scottcol23 not the A340, more like the 787 or the a330 because the a340 has four engines, and it’s just not economical, there are 2 too many engines on it.
Just a layman, but I really love to see the professional passion of all these people!
The queen of the sky is the best aircraft ever made and the most beautiful .
It makes me sad that there are about 10 to still be produced of the 747-8 before the end of an era
Those 10 will still serve for 30+ years
Because of this sad piece of news, I cannot put a thumb up…🙄🥺 but I fully agree with you as most viewers do I suppose. I’m a blood…Frenchman…😆
I wish I would have been able to fly on one 😞
Had the opportunity of flying on the 747 on 3 different occasions.was such an exciting opportunity
Me too
We drove to the end of runway to watch the 747 take off.
I flew in one later. Great ride
I remember watching this when I was 7, now I am 17. Time flies like victor X-ray
What concerns me is that the mantra quoted here is "Safety, Safety, Safety" and then - in the next breath - they say they are under enormous pressure to finish it by "this date or that date". That is NOT a good marriage of minds. Let the engineers and specialists do their stuff, and do it without some Accountant breathing down their back.
If it's any consolation, this is for TV so there's some drama added. Aircraft miss maintenance deadlines all the time due to damage that needs repaired.
Totally agree.
Why are airlines in business? Money. It is a very simple rule in aviation. If your plane is in the air, you are earning money, when it's not flying, it's costing you money. Period. You have to have schedules and deadlines or nothing would get done. And there's plenty of fluff built into the schedule. And even if something unforeseen pushed back the completion past the deadline, they would not put an unsafe aircraft into the air just to satisfy the accountants. How much money would it cost if the plane crashes or causes some massive lawsuit because corners were cut? No, that just doesn't happen. Your simplistic idyllic "oh, just take as long as you like" for the maintenance crew is not real world.
@@valuedhumanoid6574 Who cares? Lives are what matter. Companies can go out of business. There will always be more. American, United and Delta could go belly up tomorrow. The world will be in upheaval for a bit. Someone will fill in the gap. Life goes on. Know when it doesn't? When people die because someone needed to buy a new yacht with a bigger fuel tank and the open kitchen the wife keeps mentioning she'd like to not cook in. Fuck you. That's the real world. If we need to burn to the ground so you'll realize the difference, keep pushing us.
If U work for a big corporation you will get that conflict of interest.
I watched this at age 3 it was the first film I ever saw and I still love it
I worked assembling the engines for a few years in the late 1970s that were used on this.
Monsters of the sky I love them, wish I could have a house right near the runway!! Love the sound of them jet engines!!!
All I can say is WOW!!! What a video! Incredible work.
I want to thank all that worked on this jet plane , the 747 thanks again and thanks for doing a great job that’s why I am still here a live. Well see y’all next time have a great one see ya by.
She's so beautiful! All Hail the Queen of the Sky!
I had worked as a avionic guy on many Boeing aircrafts for 12 years and I had fun. We had done many Mods A, B, and C. From this video, this Boeing aircraft must need MOD C job.
Sound interesting, could you elaborate a bit more, for laymen? I'm guessing Mods A, B & C refer to progressively more difficult and intensive levels of scrutiny and maintenance. Since this was a once-in-6-years complete overhaul of the 747, it was a Mod C job... am I right?
After this documentary, I wanted to find the history of the name of Victor X-ray for this 747 and looked it up. I ended up finding an incident with the aircraft where the port and starboard landing gear were not deployed (That's left and right respectively). The belly landing gear was there, though, so it had a safe landing somehow, but man that had me worried. Continuing the search still, though. ;) (I even checked the registry characters, they matched up lol)
I also checked the date the documentary was made and the time of the incident. This documentary was made in 2012 (MMXII in Roman numerals), while the incident I found was in 2016. that's a 4-year gap, So I did feel relief for the safety of the passengers and the plane.
@@yukikursosaki200 nobody uses Roman numerals for dates, gtfo lmao
@@nicholasjaworski9368 chill out, not a big deal, no need to overreact
@@nicholasjaworski9368 No? Check out the credits at 58:28.
Very compelling to watch, never looked away once 👍
Super video! Thank you to everyone involved!
The A380? An albatross. Concorde? Fast,but lacking a soul. The 747? Queen of the Skies...always!
02:23 Sideshow Bob :-D
THE "WOW" GUY.
This fellow certainly knows his aircraft.
Brilliant !! Such a marvellous job !!
It is incredible that they can disassemble, and assemble, such a massive engineering monolith and make it as good as new. I N S A N E !
One of the coolest videos I've ever seen on you Tube
Dad: why are you crying
Me: The 747 is getting ripped apart
Hey Dad! I felt like crying also.😢I was a test pilot of Boeing 747s in 1970 And a pilot that piggy backed the shuttle a few times.. Both wonderful birds
Boeing and Rolls Royce forever ♥️ 🇦🇺
Interesting indeed
Interesting video I am fascinated with planes
Wow amazing
How to keep track of all those parts.
In love with the flight simulator
I’d give quite a lot to fly one of these. I’ve traveled the world, overseas with 777, 767, 330 etc but never the queen. I hope one day I get the chance by happenstance of any left.
I love boeing ❤❤
Nice
AIRPLANE AMAZING
In my carrier as a. Retired Co Pilot. ..The Electronics..the flight mgt control Panels... On the 747 was a. Dream... I always enjoyed handling....
Yes, it works ! :)
It was in the august 1979 great flyer great flyer, the best and biggest I ever been in. Well thanks for showing telling see ya next time see ya bye.
A 380 : am I joke to you? 😂
a380 production has ended lmao, didn't even last
I dream of being a veteran seat tester
Ripping apart a 747-400 with an excavator sounds fun too.
@@scottcol23 I'd love that job. I'd go home after work and do more of the same in my bank yard.
Interesting how the engine works. We never really left the age of the propeller driven airplane. It just changes form. Basically, the blades are propellers pushing air out the back. Not unlike any propeller driven airplane now or in the past. So an aircraft being pushed along by a jet engine is really just a souped up propeller driven plane with a lot more sections to the propeller and an engine that provides a lot more motivating power than a piston engine. And provides that power smoothly and continuously rather than through the motions of several pistons going off in sequence. As a bonus the exhaust of the combustion in the engine also provides thrust as it is expelled rather than just being expelled like with a piston engine.
Not being mechanically minded in any way i can’t get my head round being able to strip down, check and replace if necessary any worn or broken part and then having said aircraft safely flying again in 5 weeks is boggling
The 5 week time schedule to finish this complete overhaul is the thousand pound gorilla in the cockpit. Next to pilot error a poorly maintained aircraft of this size is the second most common reason for flying accidents.
@@timmayer8723 thankfully, the number of maintenance related accidents have gone down steadily over the years. They’re way more rare these days. Regulations were tightened up after Alaska 261 in 2000 but there’s always rooms for improvement.
airplanes are engineering marvels
Back when Boeing was King, and this was the Queen 👑
14:00 anyone know a name to the song in the background??
Would love to see and inspect a jumbo up close, such as this. Awesome opportunity guys, the 747 is my all time favorite jet of all time.
Thank you for showing telling, this is great to watch cause I rode riding fly Ed in the 747 in the year 1979 and hear that one crashed.Thay we’re new not out long the 747 left germane to New York. What a flying we went the best flying I ever fly in. I was in the army fly first class it was nice I’ll never forget it. Well thanks for showing telling see ya next time see ya by
The 747 has 18 wheels on its landing gear. So, technically, that would make this the world’s biggest 18-wheeler.
Engineering at its best and the engineers doing the work - amazing skills
I'd love to work and live in Wales. And though I'm too old now with a pandemic on, still I'm a lady with an engineering mind. Fascinating work. Beautiful country. My mum's been there. I wonder why there is so much pressure on time since safety is involved...would it not be ok to have a little extra in case?
There is you know, there always is some extra and as a matter of fact, airplanes do miss their deadlines often as some not all damage can be taken care within 5 weeks - the tight on time and no margin for slack was perhaps added for the TV drama.
But yes undeniably there is pressure and burden on the maintenance crew as any undue delays come with a considerable cost.
No doesn't love to work is that it no that's not correct keynote get out now
The best
Been there done that with Pan Am from 1960 to to 1991 !
Nice, but the real credit goes to Boeing and it's designers and engineers in the good old USA
For engineers they sure ask a lot of questions
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5:34 blue planet song
Year produced 2012. Put it in the description please.
I wish CDL trucks received as much care as these aircraft.
When everyone is an engineer, no one is. They're technicians, not engineers.
Queen of the skys, even the 380 has not that spirit, I am sad, that she is almost only now for cargo - she is the Queen of aviation - I hope i can joyn her soon, bevor it is done. I would pay for the more costs of fuel and anything else to choose a flight with this
or a modern a 350 ore a 777
Finally! An explanation of how planes fly that admits it's Newton's 3rd law, and not some fairy tale about how unequal air pressure is responsible! I first heard this way back in the 80's, and it made so much more sense! I've had a handful of "discussions" about this with friends over the years, and they all called me stupid! Bottom line is, the curved surface directs the airflow down, creating a equal and opposite force up. It's that simple!
It’s Bernoulli’s principal of accelerated airstream over a wing surface that is
is equally effective as Newton’s third law under the wing . Those two principals are cooperative to each other.👨✈️
@@General5USA I'm fine with the bernoulli principle accelerating the air over the wing. The principle not only explains the acceleration of the air, but also how it stays "in contact" with the wing surface, and is thus directed downward. It doesn't work independently to produce lift like most people describe. It in fact contributes to Newton's law.
@@wallyman292 but know this. Most of the lift is generated at the aft 50% of the wing while most of the Newton’s 3rd law is equally effective ( pushing up ) at the complete
bottom of the wing
@@General5USA This is definitely getting beyond my level of knowledge, but instead of "lift", couldn't you more accurately say most of the "redirection downward" of the airflow (again, due to bernoulli's principle) happens at the aft 50%? And since the entire wing is rigid (front to back, not base to tip), it all reacts to the equal and opposite force upward?
Someday pls make 777 - 300er video like that
Old dacumentry u can say in new packaging 😂 watched this 2/3 years ago
Hard to believe it was designed in the 60s.
NOT “two hundred million pounds…” !!
Come on editors and others who know details and numbers actually are important in aviation!
They are referring to money remember this is a British documentary
43:54 The 747 doesn't have autobrakes?
My Dad was one of the design engineers for Boeing. They hired him away from Grumman after he was done with the Lunar Module project.
They should use cloud storage for FDR and CVR data along side the physical Black Boxes. All the planes Ive been on in the last 5 years have had in-flight WIFI either free or at a price, So why not store the flight data on a server on the ground. that way in a crash they would be able to access the information before they even got to the crash scene. It wouldn't even be that hard to fit old aircraft with the needed equipment. BUT the cost to require this would be millions to a carrier like United Airways that has 825 aircraft, British air has 249 aircraft.
How much does this setvice cost?
Several million for this check, in this instance, the aircraft not only went through a D check it also went through a cabin change. The purchase of all new seats alone would have cost millions.
I never got to fly on a 747. Even just as a passenger, I have flown exclusively on boeing jets. Pretty much. No airbus jets, just 737's,767's, and a few MD80's.
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I’ve flown in them a few times. Once from Bangkok to Dubai....in seat 1A. When I did work overseas in the early 90s I was always flown first class.
Gius a pint please
Noooooo how can they just tear up a 747 keep them
Couldn’t think of anything worse than spending 5 weeks stripping and rebuilding on C checks and then repeating on the next one….give me the line any day!
Nope.. this isn't for a computer screen.. will wait this evening to cast, I need the big screen!
It’s still like a miracle that they can build something this size
that can actually FLY! It’s amazing!!!
I’m not sure it’s a good idea because if they crash it could kill lots of people at once.
Maybe we should stick to building Tower cities connected to maglev Trains worldwide
and I think that can be made 100% safer, although maybe even 747’s can be perfect and never crash.
Although for all trains to be 100% safe they must be run inside tubes, clear I hope, at least in some areas, because it’ll be going so fast that you won’t be able to see anything.
5:40 I am sorry but did I hear that right?
That’s UK£. British currency.
"Although the Autopilot cannot apply the brakes." True but that's why you have Autobrake another system to help the pilot landing
She has been stored in April 2020 🥲
This aircraft G-CIVX is currently 23 years old and stored
Oid like ta know ow you climbed inta that fuel tank without breathing apparatus
The tanks are vented for a few days before people allowed to go in.
American power
D-check
I was involved in the avionics portion of a Boeing 757 'D' check and it was a high pressure job with more over time than anyone would want. I can just imagine the complexity of the 747.
30,000 hours of work - is that 10 man-years ? No surprise then to see the repair crew "sweating the mission" wondering whether their aircraft will still fly properly...
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american boeing company is a great make the best JUMBO 747 airplane...
C-5 super galaxy and jumbo 747 are almost same designs...
keep up make many more beautifully jumbo 747 airplanes
Lockheed makes the C-5 Super Galaxy
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that is a good keep company make more C--5...
try put space shuttle on the top C-5 and fly test
200 million lbs.?
Okay, so this is how British Airways does it. I think we can assume Air France, Lufthansa, Swiss Air, Qantas, and the like do all this work, but what about the discount airlines? I can't imagine them doing this. More like: Hey, there's a small crack over here / Let's see. Aw, that's nothin', a little JB Weld will take care of that. / Hey boss! There's a bolt missing that holds the engine on. / Aw shit. Do we have another? / I couldn't find one in the drawer. / Shit. Y' know what? Here, take my car and run over to ACE. They have a good selection of nuts and bolts. / But they won't be aircraft grade. / That's okay, the other seven will hold.
Moral of the story: Pay the extra hundred bucks for your ticket for a name brand airline.
That fuel tank in Gallons is over 57,000 gallons !
I have only flown a 747 Jumbo one time. That was from Seoul S, Korea back to Ohau, Hawaii while is was stationed at Schofiled barracks, HI. The flex on the wings is very impressive. The turbulence was horrible and we all thought we were done for. 13 hours of pure hell and turbulence. It was then I developed a fear of flying and it took 20 years before I got over it. I was deployed to Iraq, during Desert Storm, Of course I had no choice but to fly. I was ever so glad to put boots on ground and did not care where I was. I know totally useless info. I thought I would share. LOL. Have a blessed Day
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Amazing to see this guys doing such a highly sophisticated work in an atmosphere so ordinary yet so focused and detailed. No hard hats, no gloves just as if they're working on Landover in a corner garrage.
Where is G-CIVX now?
I am a retired certified airline technician for a large airline in America and it’s too bad that management feels that mechanics are a liability and a cost to the industry, This year 2021 they are having a very difficult time finding and keeping mechanics as no one wants to work in this industry as they can only find inexperienced and uncertified mechanics off the streets as the older experienced mechanics leave and retire. Mechanics do not get any respect at all and are treated horribly by management and after 30 plus years I retired as was the best decision I have ever made after all the years of abuse. I have took layoffs, massive pay cuts lost benefits and no retirement to name a few with no hopes of it ever returning because the lousy Teamsters union and management will abuse you to the end ,I just pity the new younger generation who are stuck in this profession but I don’t know about the foreign airlines industry.
Thats insane! Action needs to be taken now .YOU are the ones saving lives!
‘Flight Engineer’s panel over there, which had THOUSANDS of gauges and buttons’…hmmm?…well, okay, if you say so Captain Frisbee Speed Bird.
I thaught that guy on 1:44 was Brad pitt
This is old. Seen the documentary many moons ago.