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A properly maintained aircraft is safe at any age. However, some aircraft have fatigue life limits on either the airframe as a whole or parts that are cost-proh
by addaon 5y ago
A properly maintained aircraft is safe at any age. However, some aircraft have fatigue life limits on either the airframe as a whole or parts that are cost-prohibitive to replace on an old aircraft, such as wing spars. Talk to your (future) mechanic, who can look up ADs (airworthiness directives) and other limitations.
Do make sure you look into operating costs (maintenance, insurance, fuel, etc -- and some of these are fixed costs even if the aircraft hardly flies at all) before you buy something!
- chipsa 5y ago/me looks at B-52, currently planned to be used until they're 100...
- throwawayboise 5y ago... thanks to a basically unlimited budget for maintenance.
- FredPret 5y agoIf the aircraft gets old enough it ends up like the Learjet of Theseus
- CPLX 5y agoPretty much all airplanes fit that description. I guess not literally since the core fuselage is usually continuous but just about every moving part.