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- Thread starter CAJUNLAWYER
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Well, "enquiring minds need to know", so of course I had to look it up.
Condé Nast Traveler: Why Airlines Use Tape to Fix Their Planes
"...It's a temporary fix and it's used only on superficial or noncritical components, until more substantive repairs are made later on."
If duct tape goes by the name of "jeesusteippi" in Finland, which translates to "Jesus tape" because "it saves you," then high-performance speed tape could be called god tape. It is pressure-sensitive, approved for use by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and engineered to adhere to the airplane fuselage, even when traveling at 550 mph, the typical cruise speed of a Boeing 777...
...Last I heard, it costs about $700 per four-inch wide roll."
Here's a website with pricing. Some are so expensive you have to ask for a quote If duct tape goes by the name of "jeesusteippi" in Finland, which translates to "Jesus tape" because "it saves you," then high-performance speed tape could be called god tape. It is pressure-sensitive, approved for use by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and engineered to adhere to the airplane fuselage, even when traveling at 550 mph, the typical cruise speed of a Boeing 777...
...Last I heard, it costs about $700 per four-inch wide roll."
AEROTAPE Aerospace Tapes
Tape Products for Building, Maintaining and Repairing top-performing aircraft.
Red Green, eat yer heart out.
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That makes me cringe. How can anyone else present let her do that? I hope she was just looking to see what she could see through the scope, and not intending to shoot.
Yea, somebody should have noticed her finger in that thar small hole with the 'go bang' lever inside.
