Originally Posted by
Alan Baker
Fifty odd years ago many repairs were carried out that would seem ridiculous today. Think of the TWA 707 that had its nose destroyed by a bomb in the cockpit at Damascus. Boeing built a new nose section and shipped it to Syria, where the aircraft was repaired and put back into service.Today, the cost of labour results in a write off even if the damage is technically repairable. This applies to cars as well as aircraft.
I recall BOAC grafting on a wing section from a destroyed donar aircraft outboard of the engine on a 707 following a catastrophic Conway incident during an engine run up in the late 60s, maybe very early 70s