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Posted by simon king on Sun Nov 04, 2001 04:45:12 AM

Interesting post on the Hyperscale Website


".....Slightly O/T but bad news for B-17's
November 3 2001 at 11:30 PM Dave
from IP address 132.15.225.211

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At the end of this month, all airworthy B-17's will have 180 days to undergo an intensive spar inspection. Any cracked spars will ground them until extensive repairs can be made. The inspection alone takes 2500+ hours and will cost $90,000+. Repair costs may ground some of these as I believe many are flying with these defects which were acceptable previously. If you have the chance to see these fly, do it while you can. "

Any comments?

sak



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