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The main device life limit for most commercial aircraft is pressurization cycles. The DC-3 is unpressurized, which means that the service lifetime of the airfra
by matthewmcg 5y ago
The main device life limit for most commercial aircraft is pressurization cycles. The DC-3 is unpressurized, which means that the service lifetime of the airframes is limited mostly by accumulated damage and availability of parts.
- redis_mlc 5y agoYou can view videos of a charter service, Buffalo Airways, maintaining and operating DC-3's here: https://www.youtube.com/c/MikeyMcBryan/videos https://www.youtube.com/c/MikeyMcBryan/videos They have their own DC-3 parts inventory. His father discusses buying truckloads of parts at auction back in the day in one video, which are worth 10x now.
- ChuckNorris89 5y ago>DC-3 is unpressurized The dumbass in me is asking how one breathes safely flying an unpressurized aircraft? Or is it flying at much lower altitude?
- jacquesm 5y agoThe second. Ceiling is 23000 feet. That's pretty chilly and heady though, usually they fly much lower than that, above a certain height (8K night, 10K day) you'd have to wear an oxygen mask.
- DC-3 5y agoThere are also companies that will recondition a DC-3 so thoroughly that from a regulatory perspective it is considered a zero-hour airframe.
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