|
Specification
Class
|
Constituent
Polymers
|
Common
Designations
|
Aircraft
- Years - Percent
|
%
of Fleet
|
%
>20 yrs old
|
|
Mil-W-5086/1,2;
BMS 13-13;
|
PVC/Glass/Nylon
|
Quad 4
|
DC-8 all dates
|
25%
|
68%
|
|
DC-9 -1968 =>
|
|
B-707 all dates
|
|
B-727 -1979 =>
|
|
B-737 -1979 =>
|
|
Mil-W-81044/6;
BMS13-38
|
Extruded XL-
|
Spec 44®
|
DC-9 1968-77
|
3%
|
9%
|
|
Polyalkene/PVDF
|
B-747 -1970 =>
|
|
Mil-W-81044/16,
BMS13-42B
|
Alkane-Imide or
|
Poly X
|
DC-10 1968-75
|
3%
|
8%
|
|
Alaphatic Polyimide
|
B-747 1970-75
|
|
Mil-W-81044/20;
BMS 13-42C&D
|
Polyarylene
|
Stilan
|
DC-10 1974-77
|
<1%
|
1%
|
|
B-747 1975-79
|
|
Mil-W-81381;
BMS13-51;
BXS7007;
|
Aromatic Polyimide
|
Kapton®
Apical®
|
MD-80 1980-95
|
48%
|
5-6%
|
|
MD-80 1995-present 30%
|
|
DC-10 1980 and later
|
|
MD-11 all
30%
|
|
MD-90 all dates
30%
|
|
B-727 1979-and
later
|
|
B-737 1979-93
|
|
B-747 1985-93
Ó
|
|
B-757 -1993
|
|
B-767 -1993
Ó
|
|
L-1011
|
|
Airbus all dates ï
|
|
Mil-W-22759/34;
BMS13-48;
BXS7008
|
Cross-Linked ETFE
|
XL-Tefzel®;
Spec 558
|
MD-80 1977-80
|
6%
|
1-2%
|
|
DC-10 1977-80
|
|
B-747 1979-85, 1993-present ï
|
|
B-747 79-present §
|
|
B-767 1982-93 §
|
|
B-767 1993 and later
|
|
B-777 all dates
|
|
Mil-W-22759/80-92;
BMS13-60
|
PTFE Polymide Composite
|
TKT
Tensolite
Oasis
|
MD-80 1995-present
70%
|
12-13%
|
0%
|
|
MD-11 all
70%
|
|
MD-90 all
dates
70%
|
|
B-737
1993-present
|
|
B-757
1993-present
|
