The Demise of TriStar VR-HOF

Images by David Campbell

 

In the hangar at Avalon.
Starting on the port wing.
Decapitation!
The forward fuselage after removal of the nose.
Fuselage on the deck.
The scrapper's instrument of destruction.
Port wing gone.
Starboard wing gone.
Decapitation complete.
Remnants of the cockpit.

 

The Demise of TriStar VR-HOF

Images by Simon

 

Removal of engines begins
Note Cathay Pacific titles
The flight deck
Removal of No 2 engine
The severed fin
The main landing gear
Pieces of wing
The scrapman's implement
The nose section
The fuselage centre section

 

All photos taken at Avalon, Victoria in September-October 1995.

 


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