XPost: alt.unix.geeks   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2026-01-03 09:41, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Sat, 03 Jan 2026 06:09:31 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:   
   >   
   >> True story: someone parked a Cub (or similar) out in the middle of   
   >> nowhere to go exploring. When he got back, a bear had shredded most   
   >> of the fabric fuselage. Fortunately, he had a number of rolls of   
   >> duc[tk] tape with him, and patched things up well enough to fly   
   >> home.   
   >   
   > That I can believe. Why? Because it is not carrying any structural   
   > load. It’s just a covering, like the original fabric.   
      
   I know that some kind of tape is used for temporary repairs in comercial   
   airplanes, say a hole in the wing. It is a special tape, maybe aluminum   
   film and something else. There are rules on how and where to use it.   
      
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