172 rivets

[BLing]

All I know is that some of the 172's that I've flown are missing half of their rivets!

 

[BRIGADEAVIATOR]

HA HA thats up there with the good old "get me some flightline and prop wash for the airplane..."

 

[pilotyip]

1,223,456 in a B-24, 419,313 in a C-47

 

[Flyerjosh]

No, it's not. It's a useless trivium, and any check airman who asks the question (other than for a joke) is just playing I'm-Going-to-Show-You-How-Much-I-Know-and-You-DON'T. Just like Jason's frat brothers are doing.

Actually I don't think he's referring to a pilot checkride... perhaps a mx practical checkride? Don't know, but I could see how that could be an item in a log somewhere that an examiner wanted an A&P to find. Of course it could also just be like heading over there and asking for a bucket of propwash... that's why I fly them, not fix them.

As to the whole aviation frat thing... that's too funny. AHP? All we ever did was sit around, drink beer, and play full contact "slip"...

 

[Jump Pilot]

How many ping pong balls (table tennis for those more sophisticated) fit in a 747?

 

[Geronimo4497]

did u know that off hand geronimo?

nope, i ran out and counted them right when you asked the questions.....

 

[81Horse]

Next: cabin air samples.

 

[DrewBlows]

The 172R is different than older 172's and has more rivots. They had to do some structural changes when they certified it at a higher gross weight (and as I said before, the number will be different from airplane to airplane). Go down to maintenance and ask someone to show you the number for a specific airplane (I think N976BC has the most *spin plane*). When you find out let us know.

 

[belchfire]

There was a hulk that I used to rob parts
off that had a cut off 16d nail driven as
a rivet...must have been a repair station
to do work like that!

hehehe...

 

[81Horse]

... a cut off 16d nail driven as
a rivet...

I'll be go-to-hell -- you found Granddad's airplane!