I seem to recall reading about a pair of pliers or something that was found wedged into the Spirit of St. Louis when they poked around some of the recesses with a camera. It could have been something else, but I thought it was the NYP.I seem to remember that when we took the rear-most inspection cover off of the RV-1's tail cone, we were able to add a couple of small tools to Jay Pratt's collection. So this is a phenomenon that goes WAY back..... (Not saying they were Van's tools, probably a subsequent owner!).
I see the problem in the first photo (landing lights should be mounted to the *front* of the wing), but I don't see it in the second... Can someone summarize?
but my first thought was that the pic was meant to point out that someone had jerry-rigged a bellcrank connection with a tall standoff and bolt that put tremendous bending load on the bolt and wasn't to plans. Apparently I would be wrong in that assumption. I will defer to the materials engineers on this. Still gives me the heebie-jeebies to look at that set-up, though.
-Stormy
Will you get to keep them as founders keepersI've found everything from clecoes to torque wrenches during inspections.
My all time favorite is a vacuum cleaner found in a DC8 fuel tank.
I had heard about a mattress left in a fuel tank from a worker taking a nap, that's the first I've heard of a vacuum cleaner...
On the shop floor at the company where I work the mechanics no longer use their own tools. There are official tool boxes with marked places to put every tool. At the end of every shift they are checked. If there is one missing the airplane in question is not released until they have found the tool or at least searched the airplane. Foolproof? No, humans are too resourceful. But a step in the right direction.
On the shop floor at the company where I work the mechanics no longer use their own tools. There are official tool boxes with marked places to put every tool. At the end of every shift they are checked. If there is one missing the airplane in question is not released until they have found the tool or at least searched the airplane. Foolproof? No, humans are too resourceful. But a step in the right direction.