No RJ can touch the Diesel 9, it being unarguably a real airplane! And I could have sworn I've flown a -200 out of SLC with over 40K hrs. Somebody back me up here!
Most likely not, since once a CRJ reaches 40,000 hours it needs to have it's wing box replaced. There is no deviation from that unless it's being flown to Toronto to perform that task. Since the -100/200 are no longer manufactured, the wing boxes would have to be specially manufactured if someone wanted to comply with the wing box replacement. It's just too expensive and as to date not one wing box has been replaced. That's why ASA wrote off one or more of the aircraft involved in that mishap in BTR. It's just too expensive.
HercDriver130
10-10-2009 02:54 AM
Originally Posted by DrivingAloft
(Post 691708)
It's all about time and cycles. I don't think the USAF pulls 3,000 hrs. per year on a C-5 or 130. Nonetheless... I'm still amazed at those B-52s. They were designed right after the B-47, at times when jet flying was still a crazy idea...
You might be surprised how many hours the c5s and some of the tankers have on them now considering the ops tempo the AF has been at for the past couple of decades.
