A Check
This is performed approximately every 500 - 800 flight hours or 200 - 400 cycles. It needs about 20-100 man-hours and is usually performed overnight at an airport gate or hangar. The actual occurrence of this check varies by aircraft type, the cycle count (takeoff and landing is considered an aircraft "cycle"), or the number of hours flown since the last check. The occurrence can be delayed by the airline if certain predetermined conditions are met.
Read more about this topic: Aircraft Maintenance Checks
Famous quotes containing the word check:
“When you go out, check the look of the sky; when you come in, check the looks on people’s faces.”
—Chinese proverb.
“cried as he died, fearing at last the spheres’
Last sound, the world going out without a breath:
Too proud to cry, too frail to check the tears,
And caught between two nights, blindness and death.”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)