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Originally Posted by Grimmy
Aircraft "age" is an issue of frame stressors over time isnt it? (not being snarky, really asking. I know some of y'all work air craft and will know better than me).
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Aircraft age is measured in "Service Time". That is, from the time the individual aircraft airframe entered active service. The new Ospreys haven't been a round long enough for this to be an issue unless there are some serious structural design flaws. From the article, it sounds like the pilot had a "hard landing" which would damage any aircraft at any point in it's service life. From an old A/C maintenance tech's perspective, I think the idiot wearing the head set screwed up not the A/C