A Fine Young Lady.
Mondariz
I am glad you have replyied to Cloudmaster, when I first read your comment it seemed you did not know any thing about aircraft engineering,with your follow up you do seem to know a little.
I have been in aviation over thirty years and seen how aircraft are stripped down on major checks and put back together.
A British registered aircraft will come under the CAA and the CAA inspector will not sign off the aircraft if things are not 100 per cent, where as third world aicraft get away with things and this is why you see that aircraft are banded from flying in Europe, as there standards of Airwothness are not up to par with European and even the FAA standards.
One must not forget this aircraft has been looked after by the same engineers as the BBMF Lancarster which had its major check earlier in the year and that looks in very good shaped, all being well for a number of decades to come.
So we could see this DC 6 go on for a number of years to come provideing the funding is there. She is relying on sponsers in anumber of ways like the coulurs she is in know to do with makeing a film and to have the aircraft appear at air shows like next weekend she is back in Leylastad and then on to Hamburg so the funding is out there to try and keep her where you belongs to be able to do this.
When an aircraft is displayed in the U.K. the crew need to hold a display licence and that is added cost so there are many a hidden cost to keep her in the air even on a permit to fly which a number of these aircraft that appear at air shows are on.
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