That air travel is the safest form of transportation going is not mere happenstance but rather due to rigourous maintenance of equipment and exhaustive training of personnel. Most major airlines dedicate huge financial resources toward it, and set aside a large amount of hangar space to repair aircraft or simply keep them maintained between landings. Once a plane is brought into the maintenance hangar, the fairing is immediately removed in three primary sections: the nucleus, the ventilator, and the accessories. These sections are dismantled in turn by... keep reading