Snautzer01
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War weary airplanes, who decided and on what criteria? The formation ships seems to fly pretty well and save so why war weary?
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War weary airplanes, who decided and on what criteria? The formation ships seems to fly pretty well and save so why war weary?
Yes i know but i see for B-17 and B-24 airframes with totally different hours and total missions dedicated as war weary, and that is not counting in the training hours. Even early B-17 flying along much later mark and models.Aircraft life is based on hours and in some cases landings (cycles) The manufacturer usually comes up with an aircraft shelf life.
Mission requirements, battle damage repair, the way the aircraft flies, etc. are also considerations. Each squadron has a maintenance officer who makes a lot of determinations based on again, mission requirements, pilot and maintenance input. And again they will consider aircraft hours, landings and what the aircraft been put through.Yes i know but i see for B-17 and B-24 airframes with totally different hours and total missions dedicated as war weary, and that is not counting in the training hours. Even early B-17 flying along much later mark and models.
So somebody had to say this ship cant go to combat for such and such reasons, and probably fill in forms. What forms? who decided?
43-6722 was the first 355th FG that crossed over 700 hours (from late February, 1944) and was written off as WW in Late October 1944. It was the first 355th FG ship that went WW at Steeple Morden. It was the sister ship to Spare Parts at Warton BAD2.
The principle is the same just the numbers change, many 747s get upto 100,000 hrs.thinking about this...they must have abandoned this idea or at a certain number of hours do major overhauls because the B52s have been flying for a LONG time. maybe flyboyj has the answer for that one
Mission requirements, battle damage repair, the way the aircraft flies, etc. are also considerations. Each squadron has a maintenance officer who makes a lot of determinations based on again, mission requirements, pilot and maintenance input. And again they will consider aircraft hours, landings and what the aircraft been put through.
Many authors use the term "war weary," and many are really clueless with regards to aircraft maintenance and repair.
What do you mean by forms? Paperwork or formations?
The principle is the same just the numbers change, many 747s get upto 100,000 hrs.
The service life of the Vulcan was reduced drastically when it switched to low level use due to increased stresses.