[新聞] 漢莎航空L-1069客機將於2011年恢復營運

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DATE:23/11/08
SOURCE:Flight International

Lufthansa's restored Starliner to be airborne in 2011
By David Kaminski-Morrow

Lufthansa Technik is hoping to restore its Lockheed L-1649 Starliner to
airworthy condition by 2011, after opening a new hangar in which the work
will be performed.

The maintenance hangar at Maine's Auburn-Lewiston Airport, opened on 20
November, will enable repair work to be conducted on the aircraft, N7316C,
one of three - plus 13 engines - acquired by historic preservation specialist
Deutsche Lufthansa Berlin-Stiftung.

Lufthansa Technik says the aircraft's primary structure will undergo "a kind
of D-check" in the hangar, a thorough examination for evidence of corrosion
and fatigue. Wiring and cables will be replaced and the cockpit will be
fitted with necessary instrumentation.

The L-1649's characteristic tail section has been removed and transported to
the company's Tulsa-based division BizJet to be renovated.

Other components - including its four engines, flaps and fairings - have
already been detached from the aircraft as part of the strip-down. The
powerful Curtiss-Wright engines are undergoing separate restoration.

"Together with the core team of Lufthansa Technik, 12 qualified mechanics are
working on the aircraft," says the company, pointing out that it will be
transformed back from cargo to passenger configuration. "The cabin will be
restored to its former historic splendour."

Forty-four L-1649s were manufactured and Lufthansa operated four in long-haul
service between 1958 and 1966.


http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/11/23/319229/lufthansas-restored-
starliner-to-be-airborne-in-2011.html

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相關新聞(去年的)

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2007/12/28/220548/lufthansa-aims-to-
restore-and-fly-lockheed-starliner.html

http://0rz.tw/0c5bV


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推 Bcl2:華航的L1049的蒙皮鋁材搞不好recycle幾百次了 囧
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