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.


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    Title :

    Maintaining Mature Military Air Transport Aircraft


    Contributors:
    Skinner, G (author)


    Publication date :

    1996-04-01


    Size :

    6 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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