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Old 01-18-2013 | 06:40 AM
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From: Douglas Aerospace post production Flight Test & Work Around Engineering bulletin dissembler
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Originally Posted by Columbia
The windows aren't nearly scratched up enough.
Ours will be. Correction, are rumored to be.

Ferry flights will involve cleaning 4 pounds of potting soil out of the high stage compressor and relocating the local bird population from the hydraulic actuator bays. Erosion, Corrosion ... Schmo-sion. Double check the bypass ducts ... no telling what, or who, ... ah' well, it probably still has a better dispatch rate than a 787 (which was designed after Boeing acquired Douglas, BTW) Bring a trailer ....