Matt Whiting wrote:
Stubby wrote:
What is the point of that extreme testing?

To confirm the design calculaions and assumptions before placing human
life at risk.

Is it even possible to operate an airframe in a way that will produce
wing-bending of that degree? If so, I believe human life will have
already been in risk long before. It's unrealistic and I believe the
value of "accelerated testing" was debunked about 30 years ago.