When I was doing this I lived in Seattle and worked in a hanger on Boeing Field AKA the King County Airport. I worked there as an aircraft electrician which was my title. The company was called Air Repair and they mainly worked on the first versions of the Boeing 737-100. There was a little work on Fairchild prop jets and the occasional Boeing 727 or 707 but most of it was 737 work. Most of my work was on the bench with the so-called black boxes and some of it was inside the planes on wiring. We did not use the duct tape on those that was on small planes only especially fabric ones. It was quite the education which I am sure working on the embraer planes is too. By the way the picture of the battery bay on the 787 was shocking to me as it looks like the wiring is not sufficiently tied down like it would have been on older Boeing planes.

When I worked in aircraft repair that was what they used to use to patch up small holes for temporary fixes. Plain old duct tape. Of course it would not last too long but for a quick fix and not too dirty that was just the thing. The guys I worked with said it was good for 200mph for a couple of weeks. That was why we called it that. Of course that was about 35 years ago. I had not seen the metal tape until about 15 years ago long after my aircraft repair days.

Thanks playtimeCLE!

Military still a good career. My youngest son is Army NG. After first tour in Iraq He decided to make it a career. He has 17 in but has 11 to go.

Playtime I believe we all feel the same that much was gained during our time of service. It definitely taught me to appreciate what I have even though its not much. I would appreciate if you would accept me as a GB.

I feel as thought I am the one who should be thankful for what I was taught during my time in the service. I gained so much for the experience.

Thank you for your service and enjoy this Memorial Day weekend.

Your family is growing in leaps and bounds. Help in the garden: soon as weather cooperates.

Today is SHEP20715 birthday....wish him a H.B.

Enjoyed your remodeled bathroom very much. Want to be buddies?