Here is sole footage showing how their technicians disassemble an entire U-2 undercover agent plane for review . It ’s a singular exploit because every part of the planing machine gets inspected and compensate or replaced if necessary . That is , more than 40,000 rivets and 1,800 individual parts gets look at and then gets reassembled for every 4,700 flight hours . This aid to item is how the U-2 Dragon Lady manages to fly for decennium without issues .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EW7M4CDHIes&list=PL15KbAxfKZE2DnUA9RNWn4IJQGR6VsBkF
Source footage courtesy of Lockheed Martin .
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