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Old 29th May 2012, 18:10
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I'm getting increasingly uncomfortable flying a C152 due to their age. Most of my clubs C152 fly daily and fly from 8am to 9pm on days with brilliant weather. And even on rubbish days, they get flown, blown and hammered.

I think our maintenance engineers are great and whilst there are much older planes in use (spitfires for example) I still think they should be retired.

We have a lot of C152s at our club and most have some form of dents in the wings. No idea how they got there. Pungent fuel smells in a couple of them make me worry too. Engineers says its safe and I know the 152 is a robust ol' girl, but still.
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