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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: tejek who wrote (397388)7/9/2008 1:25:25 PM
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I saw a fascinating show on commercial aviation the other day. In it, one of the reasons given for why commercial airlines transitioned so quickly to jets was maintenance.

With a piston-engined plane, all of the engines need to be taken out and completely rebuilt after 20,000 hours of use or less. After 20,000 hours, a jet engine still specs outs as if it were brand new. Jets are still flying today with engines that are over fifty years old.
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