Originally Posted by
B2N2
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.
Reminds me of the still in production, young(well under 50 years old) aircraft that have been grounded over the years after crashes. Comet, DC-10, 737Max, Malibu. Tried and true can be safer sometimes than newer designs.
Aztec seems just fine to me. One just needs to operate it well within its capabilities.