“In‐service” aircraft inspection and non‐destructive testing

Abstract

Consider an aircraft in the throes of major maintenance. With access panels, cover panels, fairings, galley units, seats, interior trim removed, primary structure, electrical and hydraulic systems together with all the other complexities which make up a modern flying machine are revealed. Lift the cabin floor to find a multitude of control systems, look into the electronics bay at racks of black boxes, large looms of multi‐coloured cables and a certain perspective about the importance of organised and systematic approach to inspection of aircraft begins to emerge. Clearly the broad brush approach is neither appropriate nor likely to be effective.

Citation

Bunce, H.G. (1989), "“In‐service” aircraft inspection and non‐destructive testing", Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials, Vol. 36 No. 1, pp. 7-8. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb020720