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Old 07-29-2016, 02:26 AM   #24
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Right?! Ok, so how many issues did you encounter that weren't caused by overzealous periodic maintenance?

I'll guess maybe 1%.
Ha, you'd have to know the airframe. I worked avionics on F-16s; mostly flight control, fire control, and radar threat warning systems. Most of the maintenance issues were caused by pilots overstressing the systems. Sometimes at 9 g's things just break.
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