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Old 24th June 2015, 07:34 PM
Terence W Terence W is offline
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Originally Posted by Grahame Hutchison View Post
They are known as the 'terrible teens' because that's where their Constructor Numbers sit, and they have a number of problems that take a month to fix for each aircraft (overweight being one of the problems that is probably not fixed). I think one of the other issues was the centre to rear fuselage join (a slight misalignment). They probably picked them up at a great price, as they have just been parked for a few years now, with 5 ton concrete blocks hanging from the engine mounts.
Sorry, this probably belongs in the 787 thread- happy to move it there if you like... Another one of my unexplained curiosities - how do they join the fuselage sections anyway?
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