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Old Nov 30, 2005 | 5:24 pm
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Citabria
 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: USA
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Airplane age is based a lot more on wear & tear (measured in cycles.. 1 cycle = engine start, takeoff, climb, pressurization, landing, shutdown) than mfg date. Maybe they mean finding more -200s with fewer cycles on the airframe...nothing like running 15-45 minute-long flights day in and out to rack up the cycle-count on those tired -200s. Just a thought.
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