Is this picture real (duct tape on plane wing)
Sep 1, 2009, 12:18 am
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Is this picture real (duct tape on plane wing)
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/1319/80712675.jpg
Friend e-mailed me this picture, wondering if anyone knows if it's actually real and if so what's the story behind it.
Friend e-mailed me this picture, wondering if anyone knows if it's actually real and if so what's the story behind it.
Sep 1, 2009, 12:32 am
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Regular Duct tape is only 100 MPH tape. This is the fancier 600 MPH tape. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_tape
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/1319/80712675.jpg
Friend e-mailed me this picture, wondering if anyone knows if it's actually real and if so what's the story behind it.
Friend e-mailed me this picture, wondering if anyone knows if it's actually real and if so what's the story behind it.
Sep 1, 2009, 7:41 am
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If you google
Duct Tape Airplane Wing or Duct Tape Plane Wing
You will find several stories from people who say they saw (and in some cases videoed) duct type tape being used for repairs. It's normally called Speed Tape, good to 600 mph. Makes you wonder if it's the same stuff, just priced much higher
Duct Tape Airplane Wing or Duct Tape Plane Wing
You will find several stories from people who say they saw (and in some cases videoed) duct type tape being used for repairs. It's normally called Speed Tape, good to 600 mph. Makes you wonder if it's the same stuff, just priced much higher
Sep 1, 2009, 8:06 am
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Moving this to TravelBuzz!.
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Sep 1, 2009, 8:56 am
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Regular Duct tape is only 100 MPH tape. This is the fancier 600 MPH tape. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_tape
Sep 1, 2009, 9:35 am
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Sep 1, 2009, 12:33 pm
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In fairness, that isn't the "wing" strictly speaking, it is the winglets. It is designed to reduce drag by stopping vortex from forming at the end of the wind rather than to provide lift within its own right.
If one fell off or broke for example it is unlikely to cause a fatal accident unless during takeoff/landing or if it damaged some other vital system. The pilot might have to increase engine power and compensate for the aircraft losing its equilibrium.
If one fell off or broke for example it is unlikely to cause a fatal accident unless during takeoff/landing or if it damaged some other vital system. The pilot might have to increase engine power and compensate for the aircraft losing its equilibrium.
Sep 1, 2009, 9:04 pm
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Sep 2, 2009, 8:51 am
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I'd be worried. But I take comfort that this is on the "unusual accident" page. 
http://www.planecrashinfo.com/unusual.htm
http://www.planecrashinfo.com/unusual.htm
10/02/1996 Aeroperu
B-757-200 Pasamayo, Peru
The aircraft crashed into the ocean 28 minutes after taking off from Lima, Peru. Pieces of duct tape were found covering sensors, placed there by personnel during aircraft maintenance causing the malfunction of instruments. The crew was not able to correctly determine their altitude and airspeed and with no ground reference over water and at night, crashed into the ocean killing all 70 aboard. A maintenance worker was tried and convicted of negligent homicide for failing to remove the adhesive tape and received 2 years in jail.
B-757-200 Pasamayo, Peru
The aircraft crashed into the ocean 28 minutes after taking off from Lima, Peru. Pieces of duct tape were found covering sensors, placed there by personnel during aircraft maintenance causing the malfunction of instruments. The crew was not able to correctly determine their altitude and airspeed and with no ground reference over water and at night, crashed into the ocean killing all 70 aboard. A maintenance worker was tried and convicted of negligent homicide for failing to remove the adhesive tape and received 2 years in jail.