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Old 19th Mar 2014, 23:09
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Regarding maintenance & repair: Constant-chord "barndoor" wing means all ribs come from the same dies. Ditto the fuselage formers. Building new wings (per Boeing contract) is about as simple as a late-model airplane gets.
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