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Old Oct 29, 2010 | 7:54 pm
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Originally Posted by hillrider
Am I the only one to have noticed that incidents of outer skin peeling off seems to be in the increase, and be confined to Boeing?
Boeing uses thinner skin sheet-metal than some other manufacturers. There are 40+ year-old DC8's still flying around which have fewer skin patches than most 15 year old Boeings.
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