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Search & Rescue Workhorser Retires
Jim Carriere wrote in message ...
End of An Era wrote: http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/natio...r_retires20042 707.html According to the article it had 190,000 hours on it which works out to 13 for every day in service. I think that's a little high...... 19,000 perhaps. Figure maintenance man hours per flight hour, it's even more extraordinary! But seriously, the article says the 190,000 is for the fleet combined, which originally numbered 18 aircraft. An average of over 10,000 per airframe, considering attrition, itself is impressive. In any event it's the end of an era for that bird and many, many, many people owe their lives to the crews who flew out to rescue them and the maintenance people who kept them airworthy. http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2004/07/ 27/Labrador_retires20042707.html says: "... in 1980, when it helped rescue 510 passengers..." "... The mission was the largest single marine rescue in history at that time...." Hmmm. I seem to recall something . . . let me see .. Titanic. And of course many others. I guess them mean something else. Arn't the media wonderful. |
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