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Old 08-06-2017, 01:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Doug Cronkhite
I think almost all manufacturers recommend 25 hours. If you do the math, for an average flight time on a jet, that gives you roughly 250-400 flights before service.
Your maths is a bit out!
Typically even a 5 minute flight takes a 10 minute engine run. That give 6x25=150 flights between services.