172 rivets

[Flyerjosh]

Next: cabin air samples.

Ever hear of "exceeding the speed of heat"? One of my finer FA prank moments, I must say...

 

[A Squared]

...must have been a repair station
to do work like that!

Yeah, no kidding. I'm in the process of rebuilding a Citabria. One wing had been "repaired" at a repair station. Instead of the large head aluminum blind rivits which hold the fabric on a Citabria, they had used small head hardware store *steel* pop rivits. Thay had also done repairs to a couple of the ribs with the same steel pop rivets. Oh yeah, and a repair to a spar which doesn't comply with 43-13 specs on spar repairs....what the heck, there's 2 per wing so they're obviously redundent.

Not currently a big fan of repair stations.

 

[DrewBlows]

That's some scary stuff. The worst part is when an airplane breaks up in flight you will never have a clue (during those last few minutes) that farmer Joe fixed it in 1975 with parts laying around the barn.

That's precisely why WMU keeps track of every rivot. Find your answer yet Jason?

 

[81Horse]

Find your answer yet Jason?

He must have moved on to the beer-drinking portion of the hazing.
:beer:

 

[DrewBlows]

He must have moved on to the beer-drinking portion of the hazing.
:beer:

Or the other part...



..."THANK YOU SIR, MAY I HAVE ANOTHER!"