Portfolio: Capturing the Lifespan of Airplanes, Aerially
With each takeoff and landing, the strain of pressurized flight sends tiny cracks shooting like wrinkles across the aluminum skin of jetliners. Eventually this metal fatigue takes its toll — a 747 has about 35,000 flight hours in it — and the plane is shipped to a boneyard where it …
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