Thu, 02/02/2012 - 15:51 — Anonymous by CNNGo staffThere are many things
about air travel we take for granted: that drinking whiskey at 10 a.m. is OK;
that moving your feet in small circles counts as "exercise." But some
things are worth explaining. Adam Nelson, manager line maintenance for Cathay
Pacific Airways, told us how to change a tire on an Airbus A330. While you
may swap out that ragged piece of rubber on your Ford only when the rim
starts squealing on the asphalt, with eight main wheels and two nose
wheels, an A330 goes through 25 tire changes a year. That's 1,150 tire
changes for Cathay's A330 fleet each year. A Boeing 747-400 is even
needier. It has 16 main wheels and will get roughly 50 tire changes in a
year. read more
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