12/2008 | Work on the "Super Star" is progressing well
The local Lufthansa Technik team of specialists got started on a number of work packages that had been on their daily work schedules during the preceding weeks, including washing the aircraft, continuing an inspection for corrosion and dismantling the landing gear.
"Washing the aircraft" sounds banal at first, but for a propliner that has stood outdoors for a quarter of a century, this job takes on an entirely different dimension. Over this length of time, a persistent layer of dirt forms on the skin of the aircraft and throughout the interior. The challenge is to find ways of removing this dirt that are not so aggressive that they damage the aircraft's delicate structure.
The most conspicuous activity during the last few weeks was undoubtedly the removal of the L1649A's landing gear, which is already en route to the Lufthansa Technik workshop in Hamburg where it will be reconditioned. The aircraft is now supported in the hangar by a number of aircraft jacks so that other repairs can go on.
Thus we say goodbye to 2008 - a strenuous year for the members of the Lufthansa Technik team in Auburn - and ring in 2009, which promises all of us a number of equally-challenging tasks in and around Lufthansa Berlin Foundation's "Super Star".
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"Washing the aircraft" sounds banal at first, but for a propliner that has stood outdoors for a quarter of a century, this job takes on an entirely different dimension. Over this length of time, a persistent layer of dirt forms on the skin of the aircraft and throughout the interior. The challenge is to find ways of removing this dirt that are not so aggressive that they damage the aircraft's delicate structure.
The most conspicuous activity during the last few weeks was undoubtedly the removal of the L1649A's landing gear, which is already en route to the Lufthansa Technik workshop in Hamburg where it will be reconditioned. The aircraft is now supported in the hangar by a number of aircraft jacks so that other repairs can go on.
Thus we say goodbye to 2008 - a strenuous year for the members of the Lufthansa Technik team in Auburn - and ring in 2009, which promises all of us a number of equally-challenging tasks in and around Lufthansa Berlin Foundation's "Super Star".
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