UPS Retire MD-11s

[Malko]

You know those online guys who do the keychains made of aircraft skin will descend upon these MDs like vultures in order to get their pound of flesh.

Same but different I’ve got a dog tag made from the brass work (once they decommed her) of the carrier i was stationed on.

 

[woodreau]

Same but different I’ve got a dog tag made from the brass work (once they decommed her) of the carrier i was stationed on.

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HTs on the ship are the underrated guys. Chief would take a couple of spent 5-inch shell casings after a gunex to the machine shop and a few days later come back with engraved polished beer steins. Or coffee mugs. Or ash trays.

 

[DE727UPS]

If I remember, and I can find it, I'll shoot a pic of a medallion UPS made of the first 727 they parked and melted down. They gave them to the UPS pilots on the list at that time.

 

[///AMG]

There's one brown MD in Toronto that has looked sad for months now. I hope it gets to come home to America

 

[jtrain609]

There's one brown MD in Toronto that has looked sad for months now. I hope it gets to come home to America

I'm pretty sure Canada is claiming it as a prize of war after losing to the Men's American Hockey team.

 

[mikecweb]

I'm pretty sure Canada is claiming it as a prize of war after losing to the Men's American Hockey team.

What are they keeping for the Womenz game?

 

[CFIT99]

I am a meat popsicle.

I don't think this comment got the appreciation it deserved

top 5 sci fi movies ever!

 

[jtrain609]

What are they keeping for the Womenz game?

Probably Meghan Duggan.

 

[WacoFan]

HTs on the ship are the underrated guys. Chief would take a couple of spent 5-inch shell casings after a gunex to the machine shop and a few days later come back with engraved polished beer steins. Or coffee mugs. Or ash trays.

I had a Jacobs R-755 piston as an ashtray on my desk. Back in the Mad Men esque 90's.

 

[WacoFan]

There's one brown MD in Toronto that has looked sad for months now. I hope it gets to come home to America

Probably immigrated to Canada for some of that sweet, sweet socialist medicine.

 

[WacoFan]

What are they keeping for the Womenz game?

I offered them Beefy supreme

 

[jtrain609]

I offered them Beefy supreme

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[///AMG]

Probably immigrated to Canada for some of that sweet, sweet socialist medicine.

It's been there longer, but I guess the AN-124 in ramp prison up there also might have been looking for a taste of the good old days

 

[phill1174]

From what I understand, no ferry permits have been issued yet and I've heard rumors there aren't going to be any.

That would mean UPS would either have to wait until (IF) she's airworthy again or scrap them wherever they left them. Purple would be left with having to fix them wherever they are and send the tooling, engine change stands, etc, into the field.

I wish I owned a salvage company right now! Idk if the FAA will want to be in the splash zone if something happens after they hand out a ferry permit. From rumblings on the line it sounds like they’ll be scrapped where they are.

Easier said than done when you throw in the EPA. A lot of places are strict about where de icing fluid goes so dismantling a widebody or multiple on the field may not be an easy sell.

Probably would’ve been cheaper to just order the 777 when Lufthansa did and wind the MD-11 years ago vs. all the money that’s being spent now.

 

[knot4u]

Saw something online today that said FedEx is putting their MD-11 fleet back in service by the end of May, apparently they're working with Boeing and the FAA to figure out any inspections and repairs/mods that will be required. There was an odd quote from a UPS engineer who'd looked at a FedEx MD-11 and he said the FedEx MD-11 wing engine mounts are sturdier, I'm not sure what that means.