Boeing 747 mock-up used for Special Forces counter-terrorism training in Western

[Cigarz]

Wellicht wordt dat ding ook door de lokale brandweer gebruikt voor O&T?

Net zoiets als de 'Fire-fly' op ons eigen Schiphol

[Sine Pari]

Wat de zin is van 2 "motoren" er aan ophangen is mij een raadsel......

De motoren zijn er niet aan opgehangen maar hingen er al aan, men heeft enkel de vleugels ingekort. Maar dat ze de motoren er aan gelaten hebben heeft met de doorvoering van bepaalde oefeningen te doen. Netzo als ze een extra cockpit hebben geinstaleerd in de neus.

[Elzenga]

Wat de zin is van 2 "motoren" er aan ophangen is mij een raadsel......

Mogelijk kunnen die "aangezet" worden om zo het effect ervan te simuleren? of zijn motoren te gebruiken een toestel te bestormen? of gewoon enthousiasme van de bouwers lol? Ik denk zelf dat ze er op zitten om zo de realiteit bij de benadering van het toestel met mogelijk voertuigen realistischer te maken. Dan zitten die motoren misschien toch "in de weg" en moet je daar rekening mee houden.

[KapiteinRob]

Wat de zin is van 2 "motoren" er aan ophangen is mij een raadsel......

[Elzenga]

Boeing 747 mock-up used for Special Forces counter-terrorism training in Western Australia May 10, 2012
Posted by David Cenciotti in Aviation, Special Operations.

The ambitious al-Qaida's affiliate in Yemen's "underwear bomb plot" to destroy a U.S.-bound airliner recently thwarted by CIA, has proved, once again, that civilian planes are still an attractive target for terrorists.

For this reason, armed forces all around the world train to face the terrorist threat, not only in the air, but also on the ground. Indeed, the ability to disable hijackers on a plane filled with passengers and rescue hostages when the aircraft has landed on a divert field, is one of the activities that Special Forces train more often.

At RAAF (Royal Australian Air Base) base Pearce, 35 kilometers to the north of Perth, in Western Australia, the Special Air Service Regiment (SASR), the Australian Special Forces, can put their counter-terrorism procedures to the test using a Boeing 747 mock-up.

The Jumbo (belonging to the fictional Emu Airlines) can be spotted from the satellite on a dedicated parking spot next to the runway 05 threshold, at the following coordinates: -31° 40′ 27.29″, +116° 0′ 40.07″.

Google Earth screen dump

With a contract awarded in 2010  the mock-up plane was updated with an "Extended Upper Deck" most probably required to give the 1:1 model an internal configuration similar to the interiors of the Airbus 380.

Airbus's double deck wide-body was introduced into service by Australia's flag carrier Qantas in October 2008 (with some early engine problems...), and is being progressively replacing the Boeing 747-400 across the airlines's international network.

Image credit: Internet / via Giuliano Ranieri

The Australian units tasked with the rescue of hostages in the counter-terrorism role are the Tactical Assault Group (West), with personnel provided by the SASR, and the Tactical Assault Group (East) provided by the 2nd Commando Regiment.

In the image below, two Black Hawk helicopters during an exercise with the aircraft mock-up.

Image credit: Internet/ via Giuliano Ranieri
http://theaviationist.com/2012/05/10/boeing-747-mock-up/