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   From: BtB@BB.not.aaaaaaa   
      
   "Maxwell" <#$$9#@%%%.^^^> wrote in   
   news:mPKcl.15706$Ew6.10092@newsfe22.iad:   
      
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   > "Bertie the Bunyip"  wrote in message   
   > news:Xns9B97B90F3BCFpissupropeeh@208.90.168.18...   
   >> "Viperdoc"  wrote in   
   >> news:6YJcl.1445$PE4.1267@nlpi061.nbdc.sbc.com:   
   >>   
   >>> From across the ramp it sure looked like speed tape, although it   
   >>> could have been a riveted patch. South Dakota to MSP is a pretty   
   >>> short flight.   
   >>   
   >> They could have flown it, but it would almost certainly have been a   
   >> ferry to get the skin patched. Just rivets won't do it AFAIK, it has   
   >> to be bondded. Problem with pressurised fuselages is that a tear like   
   >> that is a stress riser, so even a little patch has to be prepared and   
   >> doen properly. not a big issue if you fly it unpressurised, though.   
   >>>   
   >>> If I had been that guy I would have demanded a free first class pass   
   >>> for four pax domestic and international for the rest of my life.   
   >>> Even if NWA won the lawsuit, the cost of litigation would probably   
   >>> have been cheaper than the tix.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> But why would the pax settle for it? I wouldn't I'd sue em.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> Bertie   
   >   
   > As usual, you have a tremendous grasp on the obvious. Kind of like Mx.   
      
      
      
   Actually his immediate grasp is much the same as your own.   
      
      
      
   Bertie   
      
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