Originally Posted by
punkalouver
Actually, I read your post extremely well. Not sure why you would suggest otherwise.
You said “With the owners having the disposable income for racing makes you wonder why they fly such an old airframe. Last Aztec was built in ‘78.” which is a statement to not buy an aircraft exclusively based on age.
If you were suggesting that an aircraft be purchased based on capability in your earlier post, it would have made sense to talk about airframe capability rather than just airframe age.
That being said, I see the pilot was in his twenties, so experience may be an issue.
So you are suggesting the age of the pilot rather then the age of the airframe.
Right….
No matter how immaculate it is maintained there will always be 50 year old components in the aircraft with 50 years of fatigue on them.
I’m fairly certain trim cables need to be replaced every 10 years or so together with rudder cables but I’m pretty sure items like the flap torque tube do not.