AnyBody43
August 18th 04, 01:51 PM
Jim Carriere > wrote in message >...
> End of An Era wrote:
> > http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2004/07/27/Labrador_retires20042
> > 707.html
> >
> > According to the article it had 190,000 hours on it which works out to
> > 13 for every day in service.
> >
> > I think that's a little high...... 19,000 perhaps.
>
> Figure maintenance man hours per flight hour, it's even more
> extraordinary!
>
> But seriously, the article says the 190,000 is for the fleet
> combined, which originally numbered 18 aircraft. An average of over
> 10,000 per airframe, considering attrition, itself is impressive.
>
> > In any event it's the end of an era for that bird and many, many, many
> > people owe their lives to the crews who flew out to rescue them and the
> > maintenance people who kept them airworthy.
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2004/07/
27/Labrador_retires20042707.html
says:
"... in 1980, when it helped rescue 510 passengers..."
"... The mission was the largest single marine rescue in history at
that time...."
Hmmm. I seem to recall something . . . let me see .. Titanic.
And of course many others. I guess them mean something else.
Arn't the media wonderful.
> End of An Era wrote:
> > http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2004/07/27/Labrador_retires20042
> > 707.html
> >
> > According to the article it had 190,000 hours on it which works out to
> > 13 for every day in service.
> >
> > I think that's a little high...... 19,000 perhaps.
>
> Figure maintenance man hours per flight hour, it's even more
> extraordinary!
>
> But seriously, the article says the 190,000 is for the fleet
> combined, which originally numbered 18 aircraft. An average of over
> 10,000 per airframe, considering attrition, itself is impressive.
>
> > In any event it's the end of an era for that bird and many, many, many
> > people owe their lives to the crews who flew out to rescue them and the
> > maintenance people who kept them airworthy.
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2004/07/
27/Labrador_retires20042707.html
says:
"... in 1980, when it helped rescue 510 passengers..."
"... The mission was the largest single marine rescue in history at
that time...."
Hmmm. I seem to recall something . . . let me see .. Titanic.
And of course many others. I guess them mean something else.
Arn't the media wonderful.