The 707's are still flying - over my house almost everyday, though they are called KC-135's now. My son, the engineer, over see's repairs on the fleet at Tinker AFB now. They can make any part they need to keep them in the air. It's quite the operation. I forget the frequency, but they come into Tinker on a schedule, get stripped down to the bare metal, gone over with a fine toothed comb, all repairs made (mostly corrosion - turns out spot welds are not a good idea for aluminum skins), and sent back into duty.
On Sat, Jan 4, 2020 at 5:53 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I can recall seeing 707s and even the occasional DC-3 there. I’m sure the > DC-3s are long gone, but I’ll bet there’s still a bunch of old stuff down > there. > > -D > > > > On Jan 4, 2020, at 6:15 PM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > Eventually the fuselage or wings will get enough cracks they aren't > economic to repair as the pressurization cycles accumulate. At some point > the risk of massive failure will outweigh the cost to replace, and they > will be broken up. > > > > Very few DC-8 or 707's left, ditto for 727's and early model 737's. > They have all exceeded their economic life, and were broken up for the > aluminum. I believe there are two complete Lockheed Super Constellations > left -- one in Australia and The Columbine, Eisenhower's AF1 that was still > in flying condition in the early 2000's at the Air Force Museum in Dayton, > OH. > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
