[Mmogamer]

Sounds like a stupid idea.... commercial planes aren’t designed for the types stresses a military aircraft has built into them.

[BenLurkin]

Well....to be fair, both the DC-10 and the 747 are in use as fire fighting planes -- even as we speak. That must push their tolerances.

Heck, built a bomber variant of the DC-10. Reopen the plant in Long Beach. We need jobs in SoCal!

[WaterBoard]

Sounds like a stupid idea.... commercial planes aren’t designed for the types stresses a military aircraft has built into them.

You have it ass backwards.

Commerical aircraft like the 737 for example have logged more air hours than any military aircraft known to man with more stress and cheaper per hour cost.

Commercial airline 737 airframe operations have consistently demonstrated less than 2.0 required maintenance man-hours per flight hour (MMH/FH) compared to an average 20+ MMH/FH for the EP-3E airframe.

[Paladin2]

Heh, a couple of MIL-Spec toilet seats will perform miracles.

Look at what modifications were made to the Martin-MARS planes.

[SIDENET]

Sounds like a stupid idea.... commercial planes aren’t designed for the types stresses a military aircraft has built into them.

The 747 is an over-engineered beast.

We've used Boeing 707s for decades and have thrown them around pretty good.

I have thousands of hours on military 707s and am continually surprised at how much punishment they can take.

[A.A. Cunningham]

Sounds like a stupid idea.... commercial planes aren’t designed for the types stresses a military aircraft has built into them

You are full of feces.