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Old Aug 3, 2023 | 6:16 am
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Originally Posted by JerseyCityS (Post # 49)
A plane 2 weeks old could be destroyed by a hard landing. But a plane from 1991 with the incredible stress on it's frame for that amount of time is far more frail. It's just common sense to me.
My son earned his Bachelor of Science in Structural Engineering, from UCSD. I recommend you discuss this with someone who has actual expertise, if airframe structural integrity is an important issue to you.

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Last edited by WineCountryUA; Aug 3, 2023 at 1:41 pm Reason: let's not overly personalized the disagreement
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