Good point. Nothing lasts forever though. New and
improved technologies can be good things. Of course,
there is much to be said for the old tried-and-true
as well. As far as aircraft, look how the ~50 year
old B-52's are still one of our strongest military
planes.
>It will take time to tell for sure. Raytheon devleoped
>an all composite aircraft and has not been able to
>sell it, they say it is too expensive. They have
>retooled and now are producing a composite fulselage
>and metal wings to reduce cost. We will see!!!
Tuna is on his way to building a prototype of sorts
along this line. I think composites are on his list
of modern materials to be used. But -- I'd guess
that he sticks with rivets.
Jimbo / '76 Sovereign