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Old Aug 3, 2023 | 9:13 am
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Originally Posted by lincolnjkc
For the 767-200/300 Boeing has that limit at 75,000 cycles or 150,000 flight hours (a -300F and -400ER is slightly more limited at 60,000 cycles or 150,000 flight hours) -- that's about 17 years of continuous flight. [See Boeing multi-operator message 10-0783-01B, December 19, 2010]
So if this frame was at 19,408 cycles and 125,209 hours as of May ...

Based on my Google-Fu (https://downloads.regulations.gov/FA...tachment_1.pdf), it looks like the 767-300 LOV is 75,000 cycles and 180,000 flight hours. (Was that extended?)

Obviously it'll never come close to the cycle limit.

That would "only" leave 6 1/4 years of 24x7x365 flying left for this bird.

Assuming it flies 12 hours a day, every single day, 365 days a year, that's 12 1/2 years.

Plenty of life left in this 'ol gal.

Only question is whether the repair is economical or not.
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