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Boeing C-17 Tail Cone Falls From The South Carolina Sky
More problems for embattled crony capitalist aerospace giant…
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Dude, give it a rest. Military aircraft are maintained by Airmen and flown by pilots who are all, on average under 28. They’re over utilized, under maintained and age much faster than commercial craft because of the usage that puts them on the edge of their envelope all the time. Crap falls off or out of them from time to time – back in the 50s 3 nukes fell out here – one across the street from Francis Marion University and two off the coast of Savannah.
Oh, most of the USAF’s C-17s were built by McDonnell Douglas.
Exactly! I’m sure the manufacturer’s warranty had expired on this one. Maybe the Air Force purchased an extended warranty from a telemarketer, but Boeing is probably off the hook here.
If you superglue it back in place, my executive bonus will be $1,000 higher this year!
I wonder if there’s a good synonym for “embattled” that y’all could use. A search of that word on the FITS site gives 101 PAGES of results dating back to 2012. Maybe there’s a douchey Latin phrase that could replace it.