Continuing Structural Airworthiness

MAINTAINING older aircraft to conform to a continuing standard of structural airworthiness has become a major part of any civil or military operator's activities. Emphasised by recent events, achievement of this level of maintenance has become more rigorous as knowledge of the behaviour of aircraft structures has progressed. Many of the issues involved were discussed at a recent Royal Aeronautical Society conference where operators, manufacturers and regulatory bodies made their views known.