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Aluminum is especially bad this way. And we make airplanes out of it.
by hinkley 1y ago
Aluminum is especially bad this way. And we make airplanes out of it.
- WalterBright 1y agoThese days it's carbon fiber.
- hinkley 1y agoNot all of them. The 787 yeah, but it seems the 747-8 is still somewhat metal.
- Jtsummers 1y agoAnd if you're USAF, you practically strip the aircraft to its frame every few years, inspect, repair, and reassemble it. The dangers are known and the process around it is there to deal with those dangers. Most aircraft fleets operated by people who care will do something similar but perhaps not as extreme. In fairness to them they don't expect to fly the plane as long as USAF does (70+ years for the B-52, 50+ for many fighters).