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Aviation History
1952
1952 - 1132.PDF
500 FLIGHT, 25 April 1952 COMET SERVICING In the Hangars at London Airport: A B.O.A.C. Task with Few Problems and of Little Complication THESE impressive pictures, taken recently by our photographer in the Comet bay of one of the new hangars at London Airport, seem to us to epitomize the smooth working of a highly skilled servicing and maintenance organization ably fitted to look after this most modern of transport vehicles. As befits an aircraft into which has gone such a great deal of careful thinking and design skill, the Comet is easy to maintain; is, in fact, perhaps the most easily serviced airliner flying today. To a great ex tent, of course, the major item in the servicing schedule is the engines, and at this initial stage of line service the schedule calls for combustion- chamber inspection at 125 hours, and for complete engine overhaul at 375 hours. As experience is gained, however, there would seem to be little doubt that the scheduled periods will be progressively increased, perhaps in the first instance up to 450 hours for engine overhaul.
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