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Originally Posted by Prestwick Pioneer
Why ten new hangars? Surely these aircraft will require much less servicing throughout their service life, and I would guess there are plenty hangars in the civil sector, if neccessary. It will be interesting to watch what happens over time anyway.
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It's a fact airplanes break, and many different tasks cannot be accomplished outdoors. Fuel cell maintenance, acft jacking, and the rigging of flight controls, can be done outside sometimes but it is much easier to do them inside out of the weather and wind especially in the north. If a base has more than 12 planes during the year their will be times when more than one will be down for it's ISO inspection at the same time. Doing ISO's outside can be done but it is not fun in the winter. Bases such as Grand Forks and McConnell have over 40 tankers a piece and have temps that dip well below freezing. Planes don't break on schedules so utilizing civilian hangars is not a good idea.