Just what you want to see while flying

[Drew99GT]

 

[rjacket]

And it looks like there was a bigger piece just above it for a fair bit of time.

 

[beast3300]

It looks just as/sturdier than: duck tape.

 

[madibob]

Is that a United plane?

 

[Drew99GT]

Originally Posted By: beast3300
It looks just as/sturdier than: duck tape.


That is against the laws of nature. Nothing is as sturdy as duct tape.

 

[hate2work]

Red Green would be so proud

 

[FowVay]

Believe it or not, this is a perfectly normal and approved temporary repair. The tape is aluminum 'speed' tape and the repair is done simply to prevent moisture from entering the honeycomb structure and freezing at altitude.

It isn't a structural repair or a permanent repair but it is very common. Naturally the number of these temporary repairs that can be done on each individual flight control surface is limited as is the number of permanent repairs.

 

[Bob Woods]

Its not the stuff you see that will kill you, its the other stuff.

 

[L_Sludger]

Glenn Tilton must have applied it himself.

 

[S2500Dog]

What can you say guys, at least Duct Tape does the job temporarly.

 

[Mr Nice]

My dad would use that all the time when he worked at National and Pan Am.

He still has some rolls of that aluminum tape at home.

 

[XS650]

Originally Posted By: rjacket
And it looks like there was a bigger piece just above it for a fair bit of time.


That might be the area they cleaned before putting the patch on.

 

[SaturnIonVue]

Originally Posted By: madibob
Is that a United plane?

I think it's a TreeTop Airlines, or maybe Kamakaze International Airlines.

 

[tom slick]

Whatever airline it is the plane is an Airbus.

 

[javacontour]

If you can't fix it, duck it.

 

[mechtech2]

Is that picture from the Airline's sales brochure?

 

[UncleS2]

Originally Posted By: hate2work

Red Green would be so proud


Yes! "...And thank you for flying Red Green Airlines."

 

[Blumurder]

US Scare?

 

[Tempest]

At least there is no bailing wire...