Hi Paul,

I am up at Lincoln Airport and are planning to fly some young eagles.  I
met a gentleman who came into Sacramento on a Continental airlines
flight.  He was surprised to see duct tape on the wing.

Probably some mechanic forgot to remove it after maintenance.
Makes you wonder about who does the work inspection.  Either that or
it is structual:)

Doug in Lincoln.

That is called speed tape and it is made from rather thick aluminum foil.
It is legal but it must be inspected after each landing according to Robin.

Where is Lincoln?

Paul Lamar

Fella I used to know had the incidental maintainance contract for NW up here in Canada..

One day he gets called over for a Dc-9.. seems during De-ice the fella stepped thru a fibreglass panel..  so he whips out the 'Tape' and proceeds to 'fix' the problem..

No sooner gets done and looks up to see passengers watching him..  they all looked like they'd seen a GHOST..  He said the flight left.. just not quite on time..

Was a few years ago now..

Used to use it almost daily at the flying club back in the day..

Jarrett