A friend sent me the following image, spotted at an UK airport. Do you have any idea what that might be?
It looks a bit like MD-11/DC-10 transport case, but i have no idea. Is something like this used to transport airplanes?
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1$\begingroup$ related, if not duplicate: aviation.stackexchange.com/q/26968/1467 $\endgroup$– FedericoCommented Aug 11, 2017 at 10:38
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That's a training rig for airport fire crews. They can usually be set on fire through whatever controlled means and the crews can practice approaching and working around aircraft.
In fact, after a cursory Google it's either the one at Heathrow or is near identical to it.
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1$\begingroup$ No need for being almost positive; that's what it is. $\endgroup$ Commented Aug 11, 2017 at 10:22
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$\begingroup$ Maybe Heathrow has one as well, but it looks like the one at Stansted too - google.co.uk/maps/place/Stansted+Airport,+Stansted+CM24+1RW/… $\endgroup$ Commented Aug 11, 2017 at 10:24
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$\begingroup$ More views of a fire simulator can be found on Heathrow's photo library: fire simulator. $\endgroup$ Commented Aug 11, 2017 at 12:13
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That will be a fire trainer, for the airport fire fighters to practise procedures for different types of fire and smoke events. Here's the one at Amsterdam Airport:
Some of the fire trainers, if not most, have a replicated interior as well so that procedures can be trained for going into the plane, in realistic heat and smoke circumstances.
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This is a dummy aircraft used for training firefighters. I believe that it's coloured green so that random observers don't think that it's a true emergency.
