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- Wow, this is a massive amount of numbers of planes here.
- I bought this aeroplane,
and I bought it for my studio Air Hollywood.
- You kidding me?
You bought a triple seven just like that?
- Yeah we did.
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- Triple seven 200, - (mumbling)
airlines.
- I think I just got a call from the cabin staff.
Yes hey, yeah this is Anthony.
- You saved one aeroplane out of here
and bring them alive for many more people to enjoy.
(air whooshing)
- What's up guys I'm back to Victorville,
the aeroplane storage graveyard,
here is Huey with me here.
- Hey guys.
- We're going to see something very special today Huey right?
What we going to see?
- We're going to see a triple seven cockpit cut.
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- Triple seven cockpit, (air whooshing)
we're putting together right now,
we're going to take it out, (screeching)
and we're going to take it to our studio,
it's part of Air Hollywood.
(popping)
(upbeat music)
(engine rumbling)
(screeching) (upbeat rock music)
- So here we have seen,
they've already cut one side the cockpit,
now they move to the other side,
and continue cut the cockpit
and the guy is using a chair lift to go up and down,
it's not a very easy job actually.
(engine rumbling)
(screeching) (upbeat rock music)
- The guy's using a steel TS3-800,
to do this cockpit cut.
He's up on the platform, with the forklift,
soon as he's done cutting the outside,
he's got to go on the inside
and meet all the cuts to get this off.
And then you'll see us peel it away from the aircraft.
We're going to use our big forklift with the big strap,
and we'll hook it all up and lift it straight out
of the aircraft and onto the floor.
- [Sam] How long the whole thing will take?
- It's probably about an hour,
hour and a half away and we'll be done.
(screeching)
So now he's doing the last cut on the nose,
and then he'll go inside and do his last cuts.
(screeching) (upbeat rock music)
The outside cut is done, now it's the difficult part,
we got to go inside and finish the cut.
How you doing Mike?
- Hot.
- Did you hear him?
He said we're heavy.
- I can't believe it, he said that we were heavy?
- Oh my gosh.
- I'm only 200 pounds.
- Okay so you got to be real careful okay Sam?
Hold onto the side-arm there,
- [Sam] Hold onto the side-arm.
- [Huey] Yeah watch that bolt.
Okay, we're going to hook this up first, okay?
This strap.
- All right, I made it.
Whoa, look at this inside now.
What happened, Captain?
What happened to your triple seven?
It looks so different to last month.
All gone, now we're going to be a set.
It's going to be a movie set.
Wow, big change inside here.
- He's already got all the
- Oh yeah. - All the cut done.
- [Sam] This is already cut, you see a hole here, so.
- [Huey] And then he's got to do the floor.
- He's going to do the bottom.
- And then he's got to go
underneath the cockpit and meet all the cuts underneath.
- [Sam] That's the hard part.
- Yes.
- Okay, we got all-- - Make that slack.
Make that slack even!
- [Worker] Make this slack even, Steve, please.
- So right now, the guys are running the strap
onto the forklift, so that way, when he's done
with his last cuts, they'll be able
to lift it off the aircraft.
All that's left is insulation and wires.
Everything else is all gone.
- [Sam] What are these stuff, this wire hanging out here?
- These wires here are all to the PSUs.
- [Sam] Oh, PSU.
- And the lighting that's on the overhead bins.
- [Sam] Nobody want to take them, huh?
Still here. - No.
No, they'll go to the recycling centre somewhere.
- So the wall panel on the triple seven has been taken off.
So we can see what's inside, like,
really, really wide when everything's taken
out of the triple seven.
All the interior's taken out, the wall panel, the ceiling,
and it's just bare bones here.
Now, I'm showing you this pressurised bulkhead, here.
Well, this is also my first time seeing
behind those wall panel the interior.
And this is the pressured tail cone section
of the triple seven.
Usually, there's a galley here,
and behind the galley, then that's the tail.
And so, it's very interesting to see,
after everything, all the interior has been stripped off.
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- Sam, I found a tray, but there was no tray liner.
- [Sam] He took them last time, that's why.
No more tray liner.
- I think so, that's why I left it over there right now.
- [Sam] Well, it's a lot, but, you know?
Oh my gosh.
- Yeah we're ready to meet the cuts
and lift this bad boy off, get it off.
- Alrighty. - Get it done.
(engine growling)
(screeching)
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You can follow me, and I'll show you where the dog house
where we're meeting the cut.
- [Huey] Where is he at?
He's on the other side. - The other side
of the dog house.
- [Sam] Oh, so he's already cut the left.
- [Worker] He just started on this side.
- Okay, let's do.
- [Worker] He's going to wrap around and come around.
- [Sam] I'll follow you.
He's basically cutting the part that you couldn't reach.
- [Worker] Yes.
- You are cutting outside, but it's not deep enough?
- [Worker] Yes.
(screeching)
- Right now, as you can see the cuts from the outside
And all the way up to the front deck.
It goes all the way through.
Some spots, I couldn't reach with my blade,
so my guy's in the front nose right now,
coming around, meeting the cuts.
And there's more to just cutting an aircraft because,
as you can see, the main structure
of all the rivets right there, where the ribs connect,
I like to go below it, which makes it easier and faster
on meeting the cuts, which we could lift this off
like no problem.
(upbeat rock music)
- Well after about an hour's cutting,
now they're about to lift the cockpit up and taking it out.
So we're just waiting that to happen, now.
(suspenseful music)
So we're just waiting, they're doing a little bit more
cutting, and then the whole thing will be lifted.
(suspenseful music)
- [Worker] Go ahead!
(suspenseful music) (engine growling)
(suspenseful music) (machinery beeping)
- That's it, we're all done!
Mike did a great job on the cut,
now we're going to load it on top of the van.
- Yep-- - Wow, great job!
Thank you guys,
thank you showing me. - Precision cutting
right there.
Really really sad to see the cockpit
just came out like that.
And now, the aeroplane is left like this,
it's like without a heart, and the aeroplane,
for sure, won't be able to fly again.
Really, really sad, but that's the end of the line.
(upbeat rock music)
- Stay safe, kids, and don't do this at home.
(machinery beeping) (engine growling)
- [Worker] Darrel, Darrel, you go down, yes.
(machinery beeping) (engine growling)
- Welcome to Air Hollywood.
(upbeat electronic music)
You were with us when we cut the cockpit in the desert.
Now we're doing the final touches to it.
And see how we're going to film on real cockpit in movies.
World's safest airline for sure.
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Only three dollars?
That's cheap!
LAX is five dollar.
- Do you remember Captain Otto?
This is the original cockpit.
- This is like my grandfather's luggage.
Wow.
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- This is Air Hollywood terminal.
- Oh my god.
This is the only airport I can come
through security check in a breeze.
Now I'm going to board my flight.
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- "The Wolf of Wall Street" was filmed here.
We also did "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood."
- Every seat here is a first class seat.
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Of course, the most important room is the bathroom.
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Tela, tell me the code, man, I need to get into the cockpit.
COVID19?
- [Tela] Yes.
- Opened.
What? There's no cockpit!
(whooshing)
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