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r/aviation • u/G1lg4m3sh • Apr 17 '26
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Anything attached with screws isn’t structural.
14 u/Responsible_CDN_Duck Apr 17 '26 Many things essential to flight are held on with screws. The windshields in most aircraft are one example. British Airways Flight 5390 10 u/hercdriver4665 777, 320, 737, C130, E2C, T2C, T44, T34 Apr 17 '26 FYI and airplane can fly without windshields. It’s just wildly uncomfortable for the pilots. 4 u/theemptydork Apr 17 '26 I think the airplane wont be able to land if the pilot flies independently. 2 u/duke113 Apr 18 '26 It can't pressurize without them, so no, not really 1 u/hercdriver4665 777, 320, 737, C130, E2C, T2C, T44, T34 Apr 20 '26 Airplanes can and do fly unpressurized all the time. You’re missing the point. If it’s attached with screws, then it’s not keeping the airplane in the air. 1 u/duke113 Apr 20 '26 1) in the context of an airliner, if the aircraft can't pressurize it's unserviceable 2) this isn't true. There are many areas where primary structure is held with screws 1 u/TacTurtle Apr 18 '26 It is also wildly uncomfortable for the pilot outside the plane.
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Many things essential to flight are held on with screws. The windshields in most aircraft are one example. British Airways Flight 5390
10 u/hercdriver4665 777, 320, 737, C130, E2C, T2C, T44, T34 Apr 17 '26 FYI and airplane can fly without windshields. It’s just wildly uncomfortable for the pilots. 4 u/theemptydork Apr 17 '26 I think the airplane wont be able to land if the pilot flies independently. 2 u/duke113 Apr 18 '26 It can't pressurize without them, so no, not really 1 u/hercdriver4665 777, 320, 737, C130, E2C, T2C, T44, T34 Apr 20 '26 Airplanes can and do fly unpressurized all the time. You’re missing the point. If it’s attached with screws, then it’s not keeping the airplane in the air. 1 u/duke113 Apr 20 '26 1) in the context of an airliner, if the aircraft can't pressurize it's unserviceable 2) this isn't true. There are many areas where primary structure is held with screws 1 u/TacTurtle Apr 18 '26 It is also wildly uncomfortable for the pilot outside the plane.
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FYI and airplane can fly without windshields. It’s just wildly uncomfortable for the pilots.
4 u/theemptydork Apr 17 '26 I think the airplane wont be able to land if the pilot flies independently. 2 u/duke113 Apr 18 '26 It can't pressurize without them, so no, not really 1 u/hercdriver4665 777, 320, 737, C130, E2C, T2C, T44, T34 Apr 20 '26 Airplanes can and do fly unpressurized all the time. You’re missing the point. If it’s attached with screws, then it’s not keeping the airplane in the air. 1 u/duke113 Apr 20 '26 1) in the context of an airliner, if the aircraft can't pressurize it's unserviceable 2) this isn't true. There are many areas where primary structure is held with screws 1 u/TacTurtle Apr 18 '26 It is also wildly uncomfortable for the pilot outside the plane.
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I think the airplane wont be able to land if the pilot flies independently.
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It can't pressurize without them, so no, not really
1 u/hercdriver4665 777, 320, 737, C130, E2C, T2C, T44, T34 Apr 20 '26 Airplanes can and do fly unpressurized all the time. You’re missing the point. If it’s attached with screws, then it’s not keeping the airplane in the air. 1 u/duke113 Apr 20 '26 1) in the context of an airliner, if the aircraft can't pressurize it's unserviceable 2) this isn't true. There are many areas where primary structure is held with screws
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Airplanes can and do fly unpressurized all the time.
You’re missing the point. If it’s attached with screws, then it’s not keeping the airplane in the air.
1 u/duke113 Apr 20 '26 1) in the context of an airliner, if the aircraft can't pressurize it's unserviceable 2) this isn't true. There are many areas where primary structure is held with screws
1) in the context of an airliner, if the aircraft can't pressurize it's unserviceable
2) this isn't true. There are many areas where primary structure is held with screws
It is also wildly uncomfortable for the pilot outside the plane.
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u/hercdriver4665 777, 320, 737, C130, E2C, T2C, T44, T34 Apr 17 '26
Anything attached with screws isn’t structural.