Friday, May 28, 2021

A saner age and time

 


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  1. Heckuva plane, except for all those fatal crashes until they got the metal fatigue issues sorted.

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    1. It was not so much fatigue issues as the square windows caused the problem!!!grayman

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    2. Nope, not the windows. Turns out it was the way they riveted the window frames to the hull that was the actual problem. Stress cracks from the holes.

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    3. DC-8s and Super DC-8s flew for a long time with square windows, though the did have rounded corners....used to love those big ol' windows on the Delta Super 8 that flew from Atlanta to Tampa...

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  2. I was always taught that it was the square windows that were the problem. But read the wikipedia article. The square windows were a stupid design due to stress concentrations but there were bigger problems with the design, such as punch rivet construction and stress concentrations in other areas.

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  3. Much saner times, I noticed the seams in her stockings too.

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