Military air transport aircraft and those airliners converted to air-to-air refuelling roles present special technical challenges to sustain airworthiness as they mature in-service. In this paper a senior Royal Air Force engineer describes the procedures employed to safeguard structural integrity and other ageing transport aircraft problems in general; and in particular, uses the VC10 as a case study to illustrate the development of techniques such as regular proof pressure testing and acoustic emission monitoring of the fuselage as part of a range of activities in the maintenance of this mature type of aircraft. The effects of ageing on the lifecycle of these aircraft types is also considered.
Maintaining Mature Military Air Transport Aircraft
1996-04-01
6 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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