FAA Air Directive to temporarily ground B-17s

[LukeFF]

https://warbirdsnews.com/warbirds-news/faa-issues-preliminary-ad-affecting-b-17-fleet.html

[Art-J]

Ouch, that's not good. Obviously better to have it sorted now, however, than risk an inflight breakup later. Warbird community has already had enough bad publicity in recent  years because of maintenance-related mishaps.

[AngleOff66]

An interesting article  from UKAR/Aerovintage about what needs doing.  Thanks to RAF4EVER on an another forum.

https://www.aerovintage.com/2023/05/17/new-b-17-wing-ad-effective-june-1-2023/

 

Edited May 21, 2023 by AngleOff66