On Dec 18, 9:42 am, Fred J. McCall wrote:
One more time. Airplanes don't 'rust'.
http://www.answers.com/rust&r=67
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v.intr.
1. To become corroded.
2. To deteriorate or degenerate through inactivity or neglect.
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http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/s...cts/site1a.jpg
give a little time, some salt air, and you can see 1&2 in action,
with a lot of time, you get something not worth the remaining
value as scrap.
Myself now, would have used rotted rather than rusted
When the USSR fell apart, they sat, they didn't have a mothball
program like Davis-Monthan AFB
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mike
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