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To: Jotmo

Can they be fixed and put back up?


8 posted on 04/18/2023 4:53:40 PM PDT by AAABEST ( NY/DC/CA media/political/military industrial complex DELENDA EST)
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To: AAABEST
Can they be fixed and put back up?

Yes...But it is a matter of complexity and cost.

25 posted on 04/18/2023 6:14:45 PM PDT by pfflier
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To: AAABEST

Yes. It is a full heavy and careful project, but it’s getting done. Aluminum Overcast is in progress now. Some of these have thousands of hours now. A huge number of them never saw 250 hours before being wrecked, shot down, lost in weather, damaged so badly they were cannibalized, etc.


27 posted on 04/18/2023 6:16:03 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: AAABEST

Nobody ever dreamed they would be flying 80 years later with several thousands of hours on the airframe. It wasn’t even a consideration as they built them. The B-29 prototype was already flying before Pearl Harbor so they knew the B-17 would only have 5 years of front line service if that.

Astonishing how they are still going. Takes a lot of effort.


29 posted on 04/18/2023 6:23:54 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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