My Dad’s squadron fixed a crease in the wing of an F-8 with Bondo. It survived supersonic flight.
They neglected to tell the pilot until after the test flight...
“My Dad’s squadron fixed a crease in the wing of an F-8 with Bondo. It survived supersonic flight.
They neglected to tell the pilot until after the test flight...”
A friend of mine was a “tin bender” in the Air Force. A jet had a bird strike and needed a little “tin bending.” It actually needed a major repair but the pilot wanted to get home. He did his tin bending but told the pilot the guarantee was null and void at about 300 knots. The pilot wisely decided to not fly the aircraft.