What if GON and Astro14 had a baby?
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Very impressive.
Israel has also pulled off some very impressive Frankenjet return to service.
Israel has also pulled off some very impressive Frankenjet return to service.
Can’t be any more complicated than some of the S class Mercedes we have collaborated on! 
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The cost is staggering. $11m to complete the repair.
What do you think parts vs labor breakdown was?
What do you think parts vs labor breakdown was?
A lot of labor in that, I suspect. Well over 1,000 man hours. Still, the parts were the big cost, I imagine.
$11 million sounds like a lot, but it saves you a new $70 million jet, so, yeah, I would do that in a heartbeat.
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Also, the nose dolly cart with the positioning lifts probably cost more than 90% of the projects I have been involved in 
Very neat project, but why does it look like a like a bunch of suburban neighbors putting it together? Does the guy with the laptop wearing flipflops shows up next weekend to boot it up? 
I guess the guys in the office got a chance to help in the shop that day!
I would like to borrow that rig though, if I ever have to split my tractor one day.
I guess the guys in the office got a chance to help in the shop that day! I would like to borrow that rig though, if I ever have to split my tractor one day.
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Looks like some of the people at the BITOG get togetherVery neat project, but why does it look like a like a bunch of suburban neighbors putting it together? Does the guy with the laptop wearing flipflops shows up next weekend to boot it up?
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I would like to borrow that rig though, if I ever have to split my tractor one day.
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Another museum?
I understand an airframe nearing 50 years old would be costly to return to airworthiness, but, if it were, wouldn't there be a market for people who'd want to take one supersonic flight in their lifetime?
I checked out on scuba in Jamaica Bay. While we were getting ready, an SST took off from JFK.
When it hit the throttle, the thunder over our heads was astounding.
I understand an airframe nearing 50 years old would be costly to return to airworthiness, but, if it were, wouldn't there be a market for people who'd want to take one supersonic flight in their lifetime?
I checked out on scuba in Jamaica Bay. While we were getting ready, an SST took off from JFK.
When it hit the throttle, the thunder over our heads was astounding.
The story of that jet - Always wondered - see her all the time.
https://www.heritageconcorde.com/g-boab-208
so, does that mean the canopy doesn't close properly and you get mistery rattles?
I’m not sure I would call that staggering, back in the early 1990s we had a fuel truck hit the wing of one of our DC-9 aircraft, and the bill from the Douglas RAMS team was a bit over $3 million. They spliced another aircraft’s wing portion onto our aircraft.
Nope, GON and Astro14 do meticulous repairs.
However, it does mean that F-35A Frankenjet now has a rebuilt title instead of a salvage title!
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Not for aviation of course, but it is huge amount of money.
I do appreciate that some guys decided to make it their problem to 1st convince a bunch of people to spend alot of money to figure out if it could be done. I'm assuming they spent at least $1m to study this thing and make a plan.
Then convince a bunch of other people to give them a budget to complete the project.
Which in the end, theoretically saved $60 million dollars. However, the broken aircraft are sunk costs. Not saying it wasn't a good idea, if we were going to buy a new one to add to the fleet anyways.
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