Originally Posted by
Minepza
I’m sure most of the 145s are beginning to get maxed out. It’s amazing they’ve lasted that long considering all the daily abuse they take. The 135s spent nearly half the time in storage so they have a lot of years left. The XRs are somewhere in the middle.
A few of our XRs have over 30000 cycles and they are still going strong. Frankly, the only thing truly tired in these airplanes is the avionics. If those could be replaced economically these airplanes could remain in service for another 20-30 years.