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To: Magnum44

Interesting. Seems like they could recoat it.


34 posted on 07/10/2022 2:20:58 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: DannyTN

You can resurface it. We did twice in eight and a half months. We had over 12000 traps during that time in the work up to the 91 war and the two months after. But it takes a few days to do that, you have have to bead blast the deck, then apply the new non-skid and let it dry. Not like just grabbing a paint brush and paint can.

The first time we resurfaced was following an E2 skidding into a tomcat after landing and just taxiing to spot. Started sliding with locked brakes and didn’t stop until after the prop took the nose and radar off the the F-14 while the alert crew was sitting in it. You get busy prepping for war, not enough time for maintenance, and things sometimes just happen.


41 posted on 07/10/2022 2:31:51 PM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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