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Lifing of Aircraft Equipment and Instruments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2016

W. Tye  and
H. B. Cundall
W. Tye
Affiliation:
Air Registration Board
H. B. Cundall
Affiliation:
Air Registration Board
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Extract

The practice of removing aircraft items for overhaul at specified periods has gradually extended in recent years, so that most types of equipment and instruments have come to be dealt with in this way. The period between overhauls is often called–somewhat inappropriately–the life of the item and, for the sake of brevity, this is the word used in this paper.

The primary object of this procedure is to remove the items for overhaul before defects occur. If this is achieved, two benefits accrue:–

  1. (a) the defect rate is minimised, with consequent improvement to safety.

  2. (b) the operator does the work at convenient times at the overhaul base instead of being driven to do work when and where defects occur.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 57 , Issue 510 , June 1953 , pp. 391 - 395
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1953

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References

1. Hardingham, R. E. (1952). Maintaining Airworthiness in Operation. Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society, November 1952.Google Scholar