Exploring Transportation Systems at Haneda Airport

 How do airport systems meet the needs our our community?

Here are some pictures from our field trip on Tuesday, to ANA's aircraft maintenance center and Terminal 2 at Haneda Airport. Thank you very much to our chaperones as well as our guest photographer!

   Some highlights:

• When pulling up to Haneda in the bus we saw ANA's new R2-D2 787 (Star Wars) taking off with Tokyo Skytree in the background. We weren't able to snap a photo, but here's what it looks like

• We also saw EVA airlines' Hello Kitty airplane taking off too!

  

• Standing right next to the giant-sized tires for the landing gear of jumbo jets (767, 777, 787, etc).

1. How much do you think one of these tires weigh?

(see below for the answers!)

                          About the weight of an elephant? 

                                                          - 2B student

• Standing right in front of the engine on a 737. It rotates 50 times per second in flight!

2. Do you remember why there is a swirl mark on the jet engine? 

           (hint: pilot's use it when they're checking the airplane)

 

•  Seeing the inside of the 737's nose cone while ANA's maintenance team did repairs. We were told this is a rare sight to see the workers fixing it! 

      3. Do you know what is inside the cone? (hint: it's not ice cream) 

Watching planes land and take off from the hanger with a clear view of Mt. Fuji in the background.

• Picnic lunch and "recess" at Haneda's flight observation deck. 
• Click here for a google album with all of the pictures! Thank you again, guest photographer!

1. 100kg - about the weight of a sumo wrestler!
2. When the pilots check the airplane before take-off, it helps them see if the jet engines are turning properly.
3. We learned that it's a satellite receiver that can show the pilots weather systems that are up to 500km away!