Connie Condition

Connie Condition Pictures

The pictures below were forwarded to me by Dave Brooks of Air Canada. They show the condition of some areas of the airplane in detail. Whew! We knew it was not going to be easy. I think it goes without saying there will need to be quite a bit of work, removing rust from the landing gear, corrosion repair, doing fuselage and wing sheet metal repairs, and of course, repainting. Other notes below.

Bob Bogash

This picture was taken 2 Aug 2005 in the afternoon. The airplane is located at the north end of the Toronto airport, with the nose pointing south, towards runway 24L. It was taken at about the time that Air France Airbus A340 F-GLZQ overran the end of the runway while landing in a thunderstorm. The nasty looking sky is evident.

The tail is currently supported by a pedestal that is part of the restaurant support building. The airplane has a very aft CG with no engines installed. We will need to have a tail support in the Air Park as well. In general, with the oleos welded, the axles on steel supports, the tail support structure, and the landing gear all cabled to the ground, the airplane is very rigidly and securely attached to terra firma.

These steel supports are for the forward air bridge. Note that there are various utilities - water, electric, etc that are connected to the airplane.

MAIN GEAR SUPPORT AND TIE-DOWN

NOSE GEAR

Almost all the landing gear joints have been welded - inner to outer cylinders, scissors, drag braces and downlocks

FUSELAGE AND FWD END OF NOSE GEAR WHEEL WELL

WING CENTER SECTION

WING - BODY ATTACHMENT AND SPLICE PLATE

Note only a relatively few attachment bolts were used, and they were non-aviation standards.. We will increase the number and quality used here, and seal unused bolt holes.

Significant corrosion is present throught the airframe.

Photos courtesy of David Brooks, Manager Aircraft Programs, Air Canada

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