Hangar Visit

[Andy.]

I was given the chance to tag along with a Hangar visit today at work. I thought I'd share the snaps in case anybody here was interested.

One of the oldies and a visitor:

Hangars by .monk3y, on Flickr

Hangars by .monk3y, on Flickr

Hangars by .monk3y, on Flickr

Hangars by .monk3y, on Flickr

737

Hangars by .monk3y, on Flickr

Lots of space to play in. The buildings are enormous!

Hangars by .monk3y, on Flickr

and people still drive into stuff

Hangars by .monk3y, on Flickr

We then got to move onto the big boys toys

Hangars by .monk3y, on Flickr

Photos all round

Hangars by .monk3y, on Flickr

Some storage space underneath

Hangars by .monk3y, on Flickr

Hangars by .monk3y, on Flickr

Hangars by .monk3y, on Flickr

One of the most interesting bits.. the hidden crew rest areas in a 747. 8 beds in a tiny room above the passengers heads. The Pilots also had their own beds and toilet in a separate room inside the c**kpit.

Hangars by .monk3y, on Flickr

Fart alarm

Hangars by .monk3y, on Flickr

Airco

Hangars by .monk3y, on Flickr

The galley

Hangars by .monk3y, on Flickr

Hangars by .monk3y, on Flickr

We then moved onto a 777. The pilots area was just behind the c**kpit. Up some small stairs and there is this private room tucked away.

Hangars by .monk3y, on Flickr

The crew go up a ladder here:

Hangars by .monk3y, on Flickr

To get to this

Hangars by .monk3y, on Flickr

Hangars by .monk3y, on Flickr

Hangars by .monk3y, on Flickr

Massive respect for the mechanics who work on these things

Hangars by .monk3y, on Flickr

Hangars by .monk3y, on Flickr

Hangars by .monk3y, on Flickr

Brake dust is nothing compared to my wheels!

Hangars by .monk3y, on Flickr

Enjoy!

 

[Brian]

Interesting to see the non-public areas and the huge expanse of the hangar. Cheers for sharing

 

[Sam@NP]

Awesome!

 

[tom172cup]

love to do something like that mega interesting.

 

[DB.]

Love that, where was this?

 

[Matt_90]

Interesting shots! Thanks for sharing

 

[Sam]

Them pictures are brilliant. I love seeing stuff like this.

Your pretty lucky.

 

[guysy]

Some great pictures, an insight to something not seen every day!

 

[BoatNonce]

Epic, good work!

 

[Andy.]

Cheers! Glad you found them interesting. I felt like a little kid again getting to sit in the cockpit and have a nosey around everywhere.

@Dave63, this is in the KLM Hangars in Schiphol, Amsterdam.

 

[.Adam.]

Fantastic photos. I'd love to get the chance to have a nose around a few planes!

 

[Adam.]

Excellent.

 

[Derelict-UK]

amazing pictures, I also love this forums censoring of cockpit lol

 

[eugegall]

Actual p**n for me. Cheers.

 

[timuss]

Actual p**n for me. Cheers.

Yeah!!! Great stuff indeed.

 

[ukaskew]

The wide shot of the 747 really puts into perspective how enormous that hangar is. Great shots and captions, very interesting stuff.

 

[Andy.]

I forgot I had a couple of panoramas from my iPhone too.

Inside the wheel housing of a 737.

Hangar by .monk3y, on Flickr

Hangar by .monk3y, on Flickr

The engine of a 777. To give you an idea of size, the body of a 737 can fit through it!

Hangar by .monk3y, on Flickr

 

[imprezaworks]

The pictures are superb

 

[Lal B3N]

Wow, thats awesome!

Nice pictures.

 

[CJGREEN]

Sorry if i've missed it but wheres that?!

 

[DB.]

I've worked @ Rolls Royce for the past year until August, so loved this thread, cheers OP.

 

[Andy.]

Sorry if i've missed it but wheres that?!

The KLM hangars in Schiphol, Amsterdam.

 

[Andy.]

I've worked @ Rolls Royce for the past year until August, so loved this thread, cheers OP.

I was disappointed to see the GE stamp on the engines TBH.

 

[DB.]

I was disappointed to see the GE stamp on the engines TBH.

On another note...Rolls do have companies they own that work alongside GE to produce certain parts. F*ck knows what though, far too complicated to understand all aspects of the business!

 

[Mr Burns]

Impressive place!

 

[pritchp]

Nice pictures,
our crew rest areas are slightly different on both 747 and 777 don't like the 3 cross idea on the 777

 

[Andy.]

That's the 777-200. The 777-300 has separate cabins for each person. The 747s are showing their age now!

A 777-300:

 

[pritchp]

That's the 777-200. The 777-300 has separate cabins for each person. The 747s are showing their age now!

A 777-300:

i love the 300 bunks (I'm cabin crew )

 

[Andy.]

I'd love them too if I got to sleep in there!! Who do you fly with?

 

[Matthew]

Cracking pictures

 

[dk]

Great photos, cool to see.

Id pay good money to sleep in those crew quarters!

 

[Leeshez]

Stunning pictures .