Condolences to all those lost, and with all due respect but repairing rotor blades with epoxy, such a critical part of the aircraft, I mean, that is just absolute madness!
MajorLemond,
Could you please re-read previous posts, and today's Australian.
The temp. field repair was made to manufacturer's instructions for continuing airworthiness, using materials as specified by the manufacturer.
When the blades were returned to the factory for overhaul, no further work was required on the temp. repair, and it was certified and released for return to service, as was.
Does that really sound like "absolute madness" by the manufacturer/type certificate holder or by Richard Green.
Tootle pip!!
PS: The F-27 was the first aircraft to use extensive epoxy bonding (trade name, Araldite for one chemical company, tradename Redux for Fokker.) in primary structures. It was the primary reason for the for the tremendous fatigue resistance and long life of the F-27 structure. I doubt there is any modern aircraft flying that doesn't use "Araldite" metal to metal bonding --- by whatever proprietary name.