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Old 26th Sep 2020, 20:50
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Rigga
 
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All ‘ageing aircraft‘ (over 15 years old) have corrosion problems in electrical systems and that is normally part of the handover inspection process to inspect/test essential systems, that the IPT, dare I say, ‘possibly overlooked’ in 1999. The risks of first flights from long-term storage will always be be taken up by ‘confident‘ crew (and all for the right price) and there are a lot more experts desperate to fly lately.Waiting....
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