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Delta MD-88 Bare Spot

Old 03-05-2016, 07:46 AM
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Hi Everyone,
I was flying though ATL last week and noticed that 947DL had big bare spot with no paint on it. The spot was about 4-5 windows long. I am pretty sure it was 947DL. If anyone has any idea what happened please let me know.

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Old 03-06-2016, 10:31 AM
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Originally Posted by DeltafanGuy View Post
Hi Everyone,
I was flying though ATL last week and noticed that 947DL had big bare spot with no paint on it. The spot was about 4-5 windows long. I am pretty sure it was 947DL. If anyone has any idea what happened please let me know.

Thanks
Matt
Paint probably got old or wasn't applied properly and simply fell off.
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Old 06-04-2017, 05:06 AM
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It's a small area where the airflow congregates and the tears of the whiny pilots will collect. All the pilots crying over imaginary turbulence over the service life of the airframe has produce quite a lot of tear-soaked corrosion.

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Old 06-04-2017, 06:38 AM
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It's a small area where the airflow congregates and the tears of the whiny pilots will collect. All the pilots crying over imaginary turbulence over the service life of the airframe has produce quite a lot of tear-soaked corrosion.
Nah, it's tears of joy about the burden of how to spend all of our money.
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Old 06-04-2017, 03:05 PM
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This department was dead for over a month and the most technical a pilot can get is "What happened to that paint"?
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Old 06-04-2017, 05:12 PM
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Chem trail goo spill...
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Old 10-18-2017, 07:59 PM
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Leftover NDE from being D-checked in some foreign country
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