Iran Overhauls Five 747 Bowings

ISNA - Tehran (Iranian Students News Agency) ^ | 07-09-2006 | Staff

[phantomworker]

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In Tehran, you can find the best fake Bowings.

[ASA Vet]

See post #58 and #60.

[CheneyChick]

said the executing company's manager.

Just who or what does he "execute"???

[Belasarius]

OK, fair enough. Your post looked like a pretty strong endorsement of those reports and that you disagreed with the "squashing" of those "short-lived" reports that indicated the only "passengers" were dead bodies. Why else post these theories unless you were convinced it was true?

If it was me, and if I didn't believe it, I'd try to make that clear.

[jettester]

You are wrong. The jackscrews were found to be not properly maintained at the recommended intervals as proscribed by the manufacturer. There was also concerns about how the airline deiced their horizontals and if that might of had an impact on the system malfunction.

[NY Attitude]

Thanks for keeping me posted.

[cmsgop]

Yeah,SP's are sweet!

[Central Scrutiniser]

[onedoug]

Then I think that absent our tearing Iranian leadership structure apart, he shold continue to use the plane as often as possible.

[USNBandit]

I don't know about that, but they did have the aircraft flying into the middle of an ongoing surface battle between the Vincenes and several small speed boats.

[NY Attitude]

As I read through the various responses there were IFF codes being squawked around the same time that the Iranian Airbus was in the air. I also understand that things were extremely busy at that time.

[stboz]

Do their aircraft(?) go "Boiiiinnngg" when they hit the ground?

[Paleo Conservative]

Yes.

[Paleo Conservative]

Are they necessary because the Iranians have short runways, or certain altitudes?

I think they only have one SP. I'm sure it was bought for the range back when the Shah was in power.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

Yup, there was a 747 - SP that survived a out of control spiral dive out over the ocean coming into SFO back in 1985, and there was major damage, but, the plane still managed to land safely.
The 747-SP is built more robust that the average 747, and has some special performance features on it ( hence - SP ).
Does those 747-SP's have double flaps than the tripple flaps like the average 747 ?
The new 747-8I will have single flaps on the outboard part of the wing, and double flaps on the inboard, and the flaps ) maybe ) be made out of composites.
The ailerons will be made out of composites, and Boeing is thinking of having ( Fly by Wire ) for the ailerons.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

Wasn't only about 50 or 60 made ? of the 747-SP's.
From memory, I think about 50 were make.

[SW6906]

Do you know the answers to 77 & 78? I don't know that much about the -SPs.

[namsman]

I have a few answers:

The SP wasn't built "more robust" than a normal 747. They are all built like tanks. The major problem with the 747 in that era was lack of non-stop transpacific range. The solution to the problem was to reduce weight and drag. Hence the shortened fuselage. The lighter landing weight allowed the use of double-slotted rather than triple-slotted flaps. That was a weight saving as well.

A total of 45 SPs were built and about 30 remain in service.

Can't comment on the 747-8 configuration at this point.