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Maxor · 03-26-2008, 23:33 PM

Sorry about a semi redundant really long reply with questionable writing ability and a pair of long posts of me being semi on topic and ranting about stuff that bugs me about the system.

Lots of things bug me and I ***** rather more than I should when given the forum to.

Anyways in short save for really early phased mainence and the inital inspection this wouldn't have been caught because phased maintence checklists don't really cover looking for manufactured width of the structural parts or seeing if they are made right just if what is there is cracked or broken.

I am also by no means an expert on this airplane I've touched as a maintainer maybe 3 or 4 of them and that was an extra pair of hands / wiring monkey during a fairly heavy ops tempo for them that was slower for us. Airframe wise I can say I've got extensive experiance on u-2 and enough to have a clue about the basics on t-38's and kc 135's everything else I've touched 130's, 15's C's (I think) and E's (I know), and a-10's and a little tiny bit more than that but not enough to say I've really got a clue on 71's and global hawks and that was also as a helper/gopher type of deal.

03-26-2008, 23:33 PM	#52 (permalink)
Maxor *Military Professional* Join Date: 11-18-05 Posts: 325	Sorry about a semi redundant really long reply with questionable writing ability and a pair of long posts of me being semi on topic and ranting about stuff that bugs me about the system. Lots of things bug me and I ***** rather more than I should when given the forum to. Anyways in short save for really early phased mainence and the inital inspection this wouldn't have been caught because phased maintence checklists don't really cover looking for manufactured width of the structural parts or seeing if they are made right just if what is there is cracked or broken. I am also by no means an expert on this airplane I've touched as a maintainer maybe 3 or 4 of them and that was an extra pair of hands / wiring monkey during a fairly heavy ops tempo for them that was slower for us. Airframe wise I can say I've got extensive experiance on u-2 and enough to have a clue about the basics on t-38's and kc 135's everything else I've touched 130's, 15's C's (I think) and E's (I know), and a-10's and a little tiny bit more than that but not enough to say I've really got a clue on 71's and global hawks and that was also as a helper/gopher type of deal. Last edited by Maxor : 03-26-2008 at 23:40 PM.