Cargo hold floor for a cargo hold of an aircraft and method for the installation thereof

A method for the installation of a cargo hold floor in an aircraft, comprising:

• building one or more floor modules outside of the aircraft, each said floor module including one or more floor beams;
• positioning a plurality of elongate load-bearing posts in the aircraft such that the load-bearing posts extend lengthwise from the body of the aircraft vertically into the interior of the aircraft prior to moving the floor modules into the aircraft, each said post having a length between a lower end of said post and an upper end of said post, said plurality of posts including posts having different lengths;
• joining the lower ends of the load-bearing posts to the body of the aircraft prior to moving the floor modules into the aircraft such that said upper ends of said load-bearing posts are generally linearly aligned with one another for the receipt of a floor beam of a floor module;
• moving one or more floor modules from outside of the aircraft into the aircraft;
• placing one or more floor modules onto upper ends of the load-bearing posts;
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• joining of one or more floor modules to the upper ends of the load-bearing posts such that a plurality of load-bearing posts extend lengthwise between the body of the aircraft and a floor beam of a floor module with said posts being spaced apart from one another along said floor beam.