When I was in B-52H's ('71-'75) they had about 4 - 5k hrs; those same
airplanes now have about 15 - 17 k hrs.
W
----- Original Message -----
From: "Curley McLain via Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Cc: "Curley McLain" <126die...@gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2017 1:05 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] This One's for Wilton
Yes, and unfortunately caused the demise of Aloha Airlines. Aloha
Airlines had an outstanding safety record. One death from one incident
in its entire lifetime, and that incident was from a failure of inspection
techniques developed by the Mfgr and the FAA, not from fault of the
airline. To its credit, the 737 stayed together enough to land, and to
its credit, the flight crew coped with the catastrophic failure and landed
the plane. Those guys (and the cabin crew) are every bit as much heros
as "Sully" but got/get NO recognition
I still miss Aloha Airlines. They were one of the best.
Randy Bennell via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>
December 21, 2017 at 11:25 AM
Different animal but:
The airframe, the 152nd Boeing 737 built, named/Queen
Liliuokalani/afterLili'uokalani
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liliuokalani>, withregistration
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_registration>N73711,^[2]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloha_Airlines_Flight_243#cite_note-2> was
built in 1969 and delivered to Aloha Airlines as a brand-new aircraft.
While the airframe had only accumulated 35,496 flight hours prior to the
accident, those hours were over 89,680 flight cycles (a flight cycle is
defined as a takeoff and a landing), owing to its use on short
flights.^[3]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloha_Airlines_Flight_243#cite_note-ASN-3>
This is in regard to the 737 that lost a big part of its roof just aft of
the cockpit and yet managed to land safely.
RB
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