AIRCRAFT CONVERSION XXL - A cargo plane is born | Full Documentary
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- Опубликовано: 13 мар 2021
- The number of passengers is increasing, and more and more modern aircrafts are put into service in a short time. At the same time, the need to send goods by air freight is growing. And so passenger planes are converted into cargo planes. These “Passenger to Freighter” conversions have become an important means of meeting the demand for cargo aircraft. The 24-hour delivery offers of various online retailers require their own larger fleets of aircraft and thus stimulate the conversion market.
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I was a licensed aircraft mechanic back in the sixties. I worked for a company called Hollywood Aviation in Southern California. We converted four engine DC-6 and 7 passenger aircraft to cargo aircraft under contract to a company in Chile. They hauled all kinds of produce and butchered beef over the Chilean Andes. It took about six months to convert each plane to a cargo carrier. Our crew was around fifty mechanics and technicians. We also converted Convair 660s and 880s to twin turbine engines which required the engine nacelles to be re-engineered and made of stainless steel.
Taking an angle grinder to an airplane like that sure does give a whole new meaning to "measure twice, cut once"
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Cut it like a piece of wood
Bludo. No, don't cut it like a piece of wood. Cut it as a multi multi million dollar precision machine.
Dutch Partisan. It sure does! NO mistakes here.
I'm a little disappointed that nothing hi-tech was used.
I appreciated that the commentary included the economics of the conversion and details such as ownership of the original engines and other key components. Given the huge demand for airfreight, this conversion company is going to be busy for some time! Also good to see that this A330 will eventually have a service life of around 40 years!
I have been in aerospace manufacturing for 36 years and will retire in August. Both major assembly and as a machinist. I worked for Boeing , TRW , Lucas Varity, and now Parker Hannifin. I have made parts for almost anything with wings including the space shuttle program. I have drilled millions of holes and shot millions of fasteners. I am very familiar with what goes on in a conversion. Converting aircraft is a very viable method of extending the usefulness of an aircraft. New avionics and new engines with structural modifications can render a passenger aircraft into a dependable freighter. Cost is far less than new aircraft also.
I've always said kinda the same thing about converted freighters. Ever since I saw one of the aircraft boneyards out in the desert in CA or AZ. I would see so many huge jets i.e. B747's, I thought that with all the air freighters you see in any plane spotting videos, that it could be very profitable to buy some that are in good shape and convert them. I don't know what th he resale value is on a B747 in good overall condition. But it's not going to be near what the cost of a new B747-8F would be. Buy it, convert it, and put it into service! I doubt It would take very long to pay for itself!!✈✈
Thank you for that! Question; Why is the airframe converted in the first place? In this day and age. is cargo more profitable than flying people? What determines the decision for the conversion?
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I would guess they have to add stronger supports and stress bearing areas bc cargo weighs more.than a plane full of passengers. As far as the profitability, the airlines cant get enough asses in the seats to offset the cost of flying B747's.
But cargo is always in demand. People love stuff....lol! So they have to do the conversions to strengthen the airplanes and it's way less $$$ to convert a 747-400 than to order brand new 747-8F's.
A Boeing guy….lazy B….sure have met some clowns that worked at Boeing. My favorite are the ones that stop me on the jet bridge getting off the plane and announce to me they work there and ( I guess I am supposed to be impressed ) that I really need to take a look at ______ ….which I rarely do. Being the guy that puts the hubcaps on all day doesn’t translate to knowing jack about airplanes. How many hydraulic pumps are on a 757? Where does the head pressure come from and at what PSI? What is the localizer? What is the RAT? 99% of Boeing guys can’t answer basic aircraft questions and they work for the company that BUILDS them….Boeing…..pffffft
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I work at Lockheed Martin skunk works for 10 years as a structural assembler and fuel systems technician in the big safari program.Then I worked at RW Martin rebuilding twin engine otters. It was very enjoyable to tear down and rebuild a verity of aircraft. The best moment was (besides getting paid) is standing in front of the finished project and having a picture of the crew that worked on the project with you taken. Now that I am retired I look at all of my project pictures and say to myself, Wow, I was so young.
Me too. 1980, 25. Do the math. It's 2024 now. Retired resting.
@@sharoncassell5273 I was in Ontario California. What plant were you at?
I flew for an airline and I’m retired now....... but I never get over how amazing these aircraft are, nor how incredibly important every individual who works on these aircraft are to the overall long term safety and viability of the company.
@Bret- My dear, ... you said a mouthful!
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No doubt with them knowing that lives depend on their expertise.
You would be surprised how many idiots are allowed to touch airplanes at major airlines
@@justing42 Yes I work for a major airline in USA and their are in my 35 years of working experience I would say at least 20% of these people should not be near an airplane Now I am not saying that I am the best mechanic in the industry but some of these licensed A&P’s mechanics are butchers with very little knowledge and common sense even after 10 plus years of work experience and in most airlines they are unionized so you can’t touch these bad workers as they are protected in other words it becomes political so the good workers are being abused by management with the good workers doing the bulk of the big jobs while the bad workers slack off and the pay is still the same for good or bad workers day in and day out I have been their my entire career because management refuses to do anything about this problem as management just want the airplane ready and just leave the bad workers alone and punish the good workers
"Dresden has long aviation tradition with an eventful history" - quote from RAF circa 1945
this takes "One man's Trash is another man's treasure" to all new heights😋
Literally new heights
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Pun intended
Very well documented. Where I live the various A330 to A300,s B757 ect going out or coming in with cargo is an amazing thing to watch . Leipzig is the main destination from my local airport for cargo . And watching the various aircraft tracking apps its incredible to see how many of these ex passenger cargo conversions are out there . More so the likes of the A300 which is really an old girl getting a new lease of life . Great to watch .
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I love this docu series. Just the perfect amount of information and curiosity being fulfilled. Waaaaaay better then that discovery channel plane series
This IS a very interesting documentary. I always wondered with what and how the airplanes were shored up to take on cargo.
Yes, I enjoyed this video also. It is done at a good pace and kept my interest. So many videos are filled with horrible overdone hyper-speed barrages of images that make me sick.
@@johnrogers9481 Dont forget the excessive drama shit: "If that crane fails to hold the wing up....it would just be horribly CATASTRPHIC"!!!
That bullshit will make me push the "STOP" button very quickly!!
@@johnrogers9481 true that homey
HS-TEL I've flown on this particular airplane. It was also roughest landing I've experienced ever. Glad that the plane is got a new lease of life.
I’ve been tracking aircraft in and out of my small city for fun. It’s amazing how the number of cargo flights have grown.
Well, bite my shiny metal ass.
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@aluaninetshituni1407 nope. Get professional help, delusions arnt healthy boyo
@@alunesh12345shush no one cares
This document could have been 2 hours long we all want a part 2
Truly astounding information !
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It is amazing that modern broadcasting technology has allowed us to learn about anything and for free nonetheless.
Thank you for the documentary ✨
So true. With every viewing experience I never cease to relish what modern tech has afforded us.
I was planning to watch for a few minutes, but ended up watching the entire episode. Very interesting and educational!
Just maintain your style of the drone shots in every update with the latest description. It's a perfect way of presenting this subject. Thanks so much. Im your regular and loyal subscriber..
Where I work we just finished a 737 conversion to a freighter. It's an amazing and interesting thing to watch
I would welcome a full version of this documentary. Very well done!
I flew on this plane from Bangkok to Phuket, good doco.
That Thai Airways purple interior always brings up such wonderful memories 💜
I love jet aircraft, but accidents do happen. I was a test cell technician in the Navy. I crawled over the engine when it was running and checked for leaks and set the fuel control according to control room specs. I have worked on hundreds of jet engines in my day. I was in the Navy when the first F-14 arrived at Oceana NAS and we had to modify the thrust bed to handle the huge engine. I have been in the test cell with some Petty Officers and a Chief when they lit the afterburners as we stood just a few feet away. It was against regulations to be in there when the afterburners were tested, but for some reason we had to make an exception. I was watching while the officers observed the afterburner rings. That was pretty amazing. 1974.
Fascinating documentary....always wondered what was needed to convert planes to frieghters....great detail even down to explaining about the hydraulic oils....
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Behold ... these crews are amazing precision technicians. My respect!
Mad props to ALL of these workers and design Engineers!
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Working on aircraft as an A&P and knowing how everything we do is written and documented, never really thought about what all that paperwork looks like when put together lol. 19 years worth of maintenance documents and such must weigh a lot on its own.
@@hernanposnansky4830 what does that have to do with maintenance documents that transferred with ownership of the aircraft?
@@hernanposnansky4830 I never asked or mentioned aircraft control laws, I simply stated that 19 years worth of documents for an aircraft is a lot of paper.
Non aviation dipshits drive me nuts…all these “experts” that don’t know jack. Been wrenching on planes for 30+ years and people think this is all magic or some shit
So fun to see all the technicians taking good HSE measures, except the Dr. Sales director walking around the workshop in a suit... 🤣🤣🤣
One of the aircraft shown here, the former China Eastern A300 @46:42 never left Dresden, as the operator went bust. It was completed and is still sitting there six years later.
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Why hasn't it been sold by now?
@@k13ehr I've no idea
@@k13ehr The thing that might be useful to know, is that EFW either buys a plane outright (like in this video) and then sells it onwards once converted, but they also work on behalf of the owner to convert their plane, which is the case with the one still parked at Dresden.
I'd be willing to bet that, because it belongs to an operator that imploded under the weight of it's own debts, EFW probably wasn't paid so they refused to release the aircraft. They will likely hold the plane until they either get paid or the liquidators agree to hand ownership to EFW/are forced to via court which can take years, so they can sell it.
@@sloeginandsleep1170 Thanks, I partake of a little sloe gin on occasion.
This is HS-TEL. I flew her from MCT-BKK on April 6, 2010.
How'd she fly?
How in the world did you find the anchor after it was lost? Did you have a gps fix? Great video
Great documentary! My subscription is worth it. 🙌
Excelent documentary, congrats.
What a fantastic vid, its not often i get entrapped in a vid, but i did with this one
Absolutely amazing documentary !!! More please
I really like those "cargos don't throw up" kind of jokes XD
conversely, passengers are called 'self-loading cargo' :-)
Boxes don’t bitch
Wow, I flew one of these planes "HS-TEL" Chiang Mai to Bangkok in 2016, gave me a nice flashback
You can find it now as EI-HEC.
SALUTE .The western counterparts always have the expertise in this field .
I am working on the same aircraft type from heavy maintenance to modifications. Still I am fascinated with the beauty of this machine. That A330 PW engine is the most difficult to remove because of the raceway of harness. Did it on Air Berlin A330’s
Huh? I have changed tons of engines and never had to remove a harness to drop one
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I wonder why the buyer couldn’t come to a deal to buy the engines from the airline or engine lessor. Maybe they were due for overhaul anyway? Or the new aircraft owner wants newly overhauled powerplants? Curious as to the reason
Thoroughly enjoyed this informative video. 👍🏻😀
For the first time in my life, for 50 minutes I'm not skip any scene of this videos at 2AM In the morning
Same that's when it got recommended for me😂
Very educational, I love the sense of drama which I guess is done to make people interested. Much of it is false and takes away more than it adds to the realism of such an undertaking.
So are you saying you like it or not? Srrange way to juggle with words...
😍This is totally my dream, going from a commercial truck owner operator to an international cargo jet owner operator!😍
Amigos in Brothers !!....
thank-you for your vídeo !. Beautiful ... Sal. from 🌎.!.
I am proud to see this video as an Engineer who is part of the P2F project.
WELT Documentary, I liked so much this one! 👏🏻👏🏻🤩. 👋🏻 Greetings from Spain 🇪🇸.
WELT, thanks for the excellent job creating this interesting video. I enjoyed the pace and the information presented. (And thanks for not doing hyper-speed images-crap editing.)
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I’m so impressed you are talking about this. As a student myself I didn’t really realise how easy it can be to over speed. Incredible, surely there should be a limiter like a motorcycle. Also I do have a question, if you were ready to lift wasn’t the governor active controlling the engine and rotor rpm?
Keep up the good work Welt Documentary!
Thanks for a very interesting presentation 😁👌👌👌👏👏👏
Amazing lesson. Video and audio excellent always. Thank you great team.
Great video, the fuel sampling bottle was overhead and done without safety glasses. Bad choice if it spills.
Well done 🙌🏼
11:48 Usually no protective covers are installed on any antennas during maintenance or parking. On the Airbus A320, A330, A340 protective covers are installed on the pitot probes, static ports, TAT probes, AOA sensors and ice detectors, also sometimes static dischargers. Their primary purpose is to protect the equipment from the weather and the environment, but not the foreheads of the workers :)
In america they dont care about workers. Youre on yr own
@@EnergeticWaves As it should be!
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You got that right!! We have OSHA to "protect" us...lmfao!! But thats ok..American workers never needed to be held by the cock and have someone saying:"You need to be aware...thats a potential head injury sticking out of the airplanes"! ...Among other common sense hazards that are as plain as the nose on your face!! smfh🤯
@@patrickmollohan3082 ehh I wouldn't be so sure, I've heard plenty of former f-104 pilots talk about getting cut by walking into the wing. That's the whole aircraft they're walking into not just a protrusion!
@@laa0fa502 well that's their fault it sorta like walk in a street without looking then blaming the driver but u should look b4 crossing
A veces me parece increíble como esas alas que parecen delgadas y finas aguanten uno o dos motores (según modelo de avión) y no se doblen o rompan. La ingeniería aquí es magnífica 👏✈️👍🏻
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Fantastic video!!!
Great work gents
13:06 This draining of the old hydraulic oils is done as a standard procedure, because not every airline maintains critical equipment like the Germans. As a trained A&P, I would love to work for this company.
If I was 50 years younger, I'd apply!
Been an A and P for over 30 years….have never changed hydraulic fluid in my whole career
Tedious boring work….line maintenance is where it’s at
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Brilliant Documentary 👍
Excellent documentary! It demonstrates how important math and engineering skills are critical in all business transactions in the airline/cargo industry. Sadly, at least here in America, our public education system seems to regard math as 'racist' - which will retard the development of math and critical thinking skills in children and when they become adults - the predictable disastrous results will become obvious...and dangerous.
A former flight attendant on 727-200s and 737-200s - including the 'combis', besides normal concrete runways, the landings/takeoffs on gravel runways and in all weather conditions - I am still amazed at the craftmanship of commercial a/c from design, manufacturing and maintenance. An acquaintance is a pilot for a private airline - his education includes many years of college and degrees, acquiring the many required FAA licenses, 1500 hours of minimum flight hours - in other words - a tremendous amount of training plus being in excellent health just to QUALIFY for each type of a/c he flies. However, my hat is off to ALL involved in the commercial passenger airline and cargo a/c industry. Job well done (at least in most cases).
Lastly, not to get political, but it was heartwarming to see that Dresden has risen from the ashes - literally - from the mass destruction/incendiary bombing campaign during WWII. RIP and soar high in heaven sweet souls.
Awesome video!!!!!!!!👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️
Great documentary! Thanks Welt!
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17:00: Hey, that's Kurzgesagt narrator Steve Taylor, isn't it?
Have converted cigars, A340-600 to mailman standard. Nice and clean config
Very interesting documentary. Quite well made. Dramatic music spoils the show..
What a great way to reuse old passenger planes.
When I was in the Royal Navy’s fleet air arm we never allowed an aircraft to fly with its own documents on board in case of an accident - if they were destroyed valuable info would be lost.
You were brainwashed, your enemy isn't in far flug lands but closer to home and in high places!!!
If the plane crashes who cares where the documents are lol
Tony Wilson. Of course eh. If the jet crashes investigators will need important aircraft records of maintenance etc...! ( A dummy says, who cares.)
@@johnrogers9481 exactly who cares you think those printed docs are the only place those records are kept?
All commercial airplanes in the US carry all forms on them when transferring ownership
37:33 - "economy class is now standing room only"
Don't give Ryanair any new ideas!!
spirit airlines has joined the chat
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I was an interior lead 20 years ago in Ga on P to F conversions....gut it, cut it, make a door and a rolling ...
The fire fighters came with everything hoping to get some action. "Damn, another false alarm."
Great job.
This EgyptAir livery is amazing 🇪🇬🇪🇬❤❤
I remember flying this specific plane (HS-TEL) before. Miss seeing her in Thailand.
An excellent video but then I’d expect nothing less from German engineering and efficiency. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.
Amazing work
I would love to have a set of those seats to put in my living room
Thank you for producing this fascinating, informative and educational video detailing the remarkable transformation from international passenger jet to cargo jet.
Whilst I understood that there was a great deal of work involved, I had no idea that the entire floor was replaced, that really is a major undertaking.
The meticulously refined processes and minute precision involved is really something to see, and this company has truly mastered the conversion process.
They sensibly sourced low hours aircraft which will give a greater service life with less costs for the new owner.
I knew that aircraft engines were leased, but not that seating and interior panels could be, too!
This looks like a great career to be involved in, technically demanding work carried out to exacting standards, a good responsibility to have.
The amount of paperwork that accompanied the featured aircraft was surprising, but with a career spanning two decades and every detail of any work carried out requiring validatory paperwork to ensure traceability, I guess it built up to quite a database!
The expertise involved in these conversions is something to really appreciate, every process refined, every technique proven, a real masterclass of professionalism!
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@@alunesh12345the fuck does that have to do with aircrafts and all?
I have worked at an airport and was made keenly aware that salt is strictly prohibited from inside the fenced driving/ aircraft movement areas as are mono ammonium phosphate (ABC) extinguishers from the flight line.
Love the video
One thing is for certain. Aircraft conversion to freighters will be a game changer and will most certainly be a new way for logistics companies to consider using aircraft rather than rail or road to transport cargo.
15:29 Wait a minute! The documents and the plane must fly separately. The original documents shall not be lost if something happens to the plane. How can the authorities know what's installed on the aircraft and look for clues if it's lost?
They ALL carry the forms when they change owners….ALWAYS
It's 2021. The real question is why they are still using paper.
@@johnny_eth lmaooo
@@johnny_eth Because the records need to be readable for decades. If I gave you a floppy diskette from the 1990s you probably wouldn't even now have the drive to read it, much less the correct software. Store that diskette for another twenty years and the situation is even worse. (Depending on how careful you are with the storage conditions, the diskette may no longer be readable on any hardware.)
There are, of course, long-term solutions for electronic data storage and retrieval, but doing it with the reliability of paper is not at all cheap.
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Always glued to your vidéos nice job buddy
Interesting thing I noticed. The aircraft documentation traveled WITH the plane. I thought this was frowned upon because ‘if’ the plane crashed enroute, (due to a latent maintenance error, ) they would lose the paperwork trail of the plane, and thus an important means of pinpointing what went wrong, when it happened and who was involved. I, frequently have to fly to breakdown locations to rectify planes and it is a requirement to photo & email the log book entries I sign before flying back with the plane in case the plane is involved in an accident, losing the log book, the engineer and what was last done. This is the level of nit picking aircraft documentation airlines go through.
So . . . this aircraft gains a new life . . . expanding it's total flight life almost paralleling the DC-3 which initiated service . . . carrying flight passengers commercially, before being retired for newer larger aircraft . . . then pursuing new missions - a.k.a. cargo ! 😎🇺🇸
Boeing and Lockheed aircraft are reconfigured in a similar manner, and many older airplanes are still in service, carrying cargo.
The 747 converted to cargo, is going to be around for a long time!✈✈
@@patrickmollohan3082 there's already a cargo version of the 747
@@6Diego1Diego9 have been for YEARS….not new information
@@6Diego1Diego9 Both from factory and converted versions.
Good work.. Thanks
I never get used to hearing the Kurzgesagt narrator on these
I look at all your videos, and as a DHL employee this is even nicer..
This aircraft is now registered to DHL as EI-HEC (through an Irish company)!
I'm living close to the Airport Leipzig/Halle, where DHL's air freight center is based. Leipzig and Dresden are around 100-150 km apart and DHL are using some of the "second life Airbus"
Who’s AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE TECHNOLOGY student watching this documentary ?
Airline captain watching here, but shared with my little brother an amt at AA
@@BobbyGeneric145 what a cool job! I bet you love it. So lucky :)
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@@tonybrown3184 iwish someday have a good job ! Because in philippines so difficult but ill try all my best ! Salute to you captain keepsafe always!
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Thank you.
This was a good view
Thank you. interestesting video
Nice video 👍🏼🇵🇹❤️
Awesome !
Very nice!
Great video really enjoyed it. Music not so much.
Would have been the perfect video if they had shown the final painted product rolling out of the hangar. Good stuff though.👍🏾
Interesting note on the engines. I didn’t realize they were leased.
Although a well produced documentary, sadly it was mostly about an A300-600 conversion, much different than the A330 specifically with the nose gear modification this video misses on the 330.