Originally Posted by
the_flying_cop
We used to wash our fixed wing and helicopter ourselves (by hand) every Sunday. In fact, when the fixed wing was new (2002) and during the Commonwealth Games, we washed her twice a week.
You know you've "made it" in aviation when you don't have to wash the aeroplane anymore. There is a no man's land though where you realise that
no one is washing the aeroplanes.