Researcher says it's difficult to predict how planes will age

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Determining how long aging aircraft can remain safely in the air is a difficult task, but it’s one that researchers in the Aging Aircraft Laboratory at the National Institute for Aviation Research at Wichita State University are studying. Melinda Laubach-Hock, director of the lab, explains why the issue is such a challenge.

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