[HN Gopher] Airport Stuffed with Airliners ___________________________________________________________________ Airport Stuffed with Airliners Author : vinnyglennon Score : 33 points Date : 2020-04-28 20:41 UTC (2 hours ago) (HTM) web link (www.thedrive.com) (TXT) w3m dump (www.thedrive.com) | bogomipz wrote: | The Southwest livery really sticks out in these photos. Is it | possible that this is close to their entire fleet? If so wouldn't | seem wise to have some diversity in your storage facilities? | blhack wrote: | How hard is it to reactivate these planes? | Simulacra wrote: | Generally they can turn around and activate a reserve plane in | about 30 minutes. It's got everything it needs except food, | water, and fuel. | redis_mlc wrote: | Well, there's some nuances. | | If they're mothballed (skin covered and various systems | pickled), then about a month of work each. | | If they're not mothballed and they do weekly or bi-weekly | maintenance on each plane like they're supposed to, then an | inspection, and then they're ready. | | So the worst case is a month, and the best case is an | inspection plus 30 minutes. | | Also, note that in the mdoern era, a lot of avionics require | periodic updates, which also have to be performed before | flight. | | But if I was the FAA, I'd be requiring crew-only acceptance | flights before any revenue flights. You never know where | those pesky wasps built a nest, or if those AOC sensors | corroded, etc. | | Source: commercially-rated airplane pilot. | jedberg wrote: | > a lot of avionics require periodic updates, which also | have to be performed before flight. | | Better to happen before flight than during it! | Krasnol wrote: | Do they have to be maintained in any way or can they just | leave them there for weeks/months? | ddoolin wrote: | They can be left wholly unattended but they will not be | considered airworthy when their maintenance/inspection | requirements lapse. | nunez wrote: | VCV (Victorville) is often used for aircraft storage. While they | have way more aircraft on their parking lot than usual, it's not | abnormal for this airport to have a bunch of aircraft hanging | out. | toomuchtodo wrote: | YouTube video of 500 foot above ground level (AGL) approach of | the runway shutdown to accommodate storage: | https://youtu.be/zIbXai0l174 | | Airport details: https://www.airnav.com/airport/KVCV | | Runway 3-21 is the temporarily closed runway being used for | storage ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2020-04-28 23:00 UTC)