BBC - BA Jumbo Jet Strip-Down

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BBC - Engineering Giants - Jumbo Jet Strip-Down - BA 747 VX (Victor X-ray)

DURATION: 1 HOUR
Engineer turned comedian Tom Wrigglesworth and Rob Bell, rising star of mechanical engineering, climb on board Victor X-ray, a 200 ton, £200,000,000 Boeing 747.
This jumbo jet has flown over 36 million miles in its 14 year life with British Airways. Now it will be broken into tens of thousands of parts in the airline's maintenance hangar in Cardiff, before being painstakingly reassembled and certified fit to fly again. This is the first time this complex process has ever been filmed and it provides fascinating insights into just how a 747 works.
Rob and Tom also visit the UK's largest plane salvage centre in the Cotswolds to discover what happens to a 747 when it reaches the end of its working life, and discover how valuable parts are stripped for resale before the carcass is torn apart to be recycled.

BBC Two - Engineering Giants, Jumbo Jet Strip-Down

 

[samh004]

Doesn’t appear to be available via the iPlayer app, and is geolocked on the website

 

[YQY]

Doesn’t appear to be available via the iPlayer app, and is geolocked on the website

You need unblock-us. It works well.

 

[AaronBradford]

I did a naughty and used a proxy to view it - very interesting stuff! It was so sad seeing such a giant being torn into and reduced to a pile of twisted scrap metal though.

 

[samh004]

You need unblock-us. It works well.

Might give that a try if I can’t find it through other means

 

[futaris]

tunlr.net worked for me...

 

[YQY]

tunlr.net worked for me...

The only issue with Tunlr is that they don't reccomend it to be used on a router etc --> FAQ | tunlr.net

For speed, stability, privacy and security reasons we do not recommend to permanently set your computer’s or router’s DNS addresses to Tunlr.

With unblock-us, i have set their DNS entries on my home router, so that my Boxee, Appletv, Mac's, iPad/iPhone etc can access BBC, Hulu, Neflix etc without turning dns on/off.

 

[mosanator]

Interesting program for anyone who loves the Jumbo.

It is available on other means................

 

[JessicaTam]

A great watch. mosanator is right, it is there for the looking.

It was interesting to see the avionics area; I had the opportunity to walk through one a few years ago. Lots of little boxes on the wall controlling everything. Unfortunately I didn't have the presence of mind to note the reg of the aircraft.