Originally Posted by
staircase
I now admit to a classic case of thread drift. You say that it flew 5,300 hrs and 1,400 sorties in 20 years.
I reckon one of the B757’s I was flying for a charter company would do that in about 18 months.
However I do hope that you get the information that you are looking for nutloose.
That’s the profit motive for you! And remember these airframes spent quite some time sitting quietly near the end of runways loaded with something nasty.