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From: lagasse@biomed.UUCP (Robert C. Lagasse)
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Service Records
Message-ID: <132@biomed.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 24-Sep-85 09:44:05 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 24 09:44:05 1985
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Organization: Mass. Gen. Hosp. - Dept. Biomed. Engineering
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   A question to all of you pilots:  How good must the record keeping be for
such a thing as how many engines a particular airframe has seen in the life
of the craft?  In other words, would someone have to maintain a complete set
of service records for an airframe in order for it to be allowed to fly?
For example, a DC-3 that was produced in 1939, was originally used for
passenger service, went to Europe for the BIG ONE, returned from paratrooper
service, was retrofitted with seats and upholstery, and currently being used
as a commercial airliner.  We're talking 46 years of service records here.
Would the owner have them?  What if they were lost and the airframe suffered
severe damage in it's unknown past?

Thanks for any response.
Bob Lagasse