Who'd have thunk it?Who has the Aviation PING List?.............
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Baseball bats?
I can’t help but think that this new reliance in composite materials in commercial airlines is going to turn out to be a huge mistake. I read an article on the carbon fiber material being used and how it is so much harder to detect when there has been substantial injury to or delamination of the carbon fiber material. They were coming up with ways to detect it easier and faster using I think ultrasonic waves or something, I’ll have to dig up the article. But just imagine having to check every square inch of a 787 for fatigue damage when that damage could be several layers down and the surface looks fine. At least with this aluminum sandwich material, an impact would be visible.
Who'd have thunk it?” trucks that collide with the aircraft”
Nothin’ like collidin’ with a truck when you’re eight miles high!