February 3rd 13, 10:53 PM
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Is the 787 a failure ?
On 04/02/13 11:13, Andrew Chaplin wrote:
george152 wrote in
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On 03/02/13 16:05, Spehro Pefhany wrote:
On Sat, 02 Feb 2013 16:48:44 -0800, the renowned Gunner
wrote:
Im trying to remember which prop job in the 1950s kept going
down...British aircraft IRRC....which had the tails snapping
off...some sort of metal fatigue/harmonics issue which took them
awhile to find and correct. They did a movie about it in the 1960s
IRRC
Turbojet, but maybe this one?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Comet
They didn't understand metal fatigue very well in those days- nice big
square windows in the early models.
The same aircraft type flew for many years after that in a marine
defence anti submarine role
With differently shaped windows, IIRC.
You only need the cockpit windows the flight crew use 
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