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Unread 03-10-10, 01:41 PM
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I got an interesting email, not so long ago, from a person in the Navy. He was in El Salvador, and attempting to help the El Salvador Air Force repair a recently crashed 0-2. Yes, they still use them.
He was looking for an airframe repair manual. The P-3's that he works on have an airframe repair manual, and he wanted to find the equivalent, from Cessna. It turns out that there isn't one.
This becomes meaningful in light of the SID's. If there is no manual on how to repair something, what happens when the disassembly, or re-assembly, damages something.
Probably, there are IA's out there that can answer that question, but the repair techs in the El Salvador Air Force didn't know how to repair this 0-2. Neither did a US Navy tech.
The 0-2 had the right main gear give way on landing, causing the right wing to be deformed, pushed back.
Here's some pictures.

http://picasaweb.google.com/11786150...eat=directlink

If anyone has any ideas, I'll pass them along.
Thanks.
Larry
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Unread 03-10-10, 01:56 PM
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Quick hide the O2 post. Cessna will have a Main LDG SID issued, based upon the "advanced systems and techniques" originating from the Black Ops..."Secret Squirrel Department." This 02 could be the poster child for this years "Aging Aircraft Symposium".
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Unread 03-10-10, 09:35 PM
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Larry,
There are several O-2 Maintenance, structural repair and Illustrated Parts Manuals out there. Don Neiser carries them in stock. I have about $500 tied up in my set.
How are the El Salvadorians maintaining their aircraft? I can't imagine that the US Government would give the airplanes away as aid without the support documents.
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