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Look up at almost any big passenger jet built in the United States and you will see a familiar pattern. A seven at the f...
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A bolt is a small thing. It costs a few dollars. It fits in your palm. And when the wrong one goes into the wrong place ...
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Ask ten people how long a jet should last and you will get ten different answers. Some picture a plane wearing out like ...
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If you have flown on a narrowbody jet in the last forty years, there is a very good chance a CFM engine was hanging unde...
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Some parts on an aircraft can be repaired forever. Others get a hard expiration date the day they are born. A turbine di...
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Every engine on every aircraft has a clock running behind the propeller or fan. It ticks with each takeoff, each hour al...
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