From: Adam 

Tony Ingenoso wrote:

> "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
> news:42dc45c4$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>
>>>Assumption more than logic I suspect.
>>
>>Nope, I know what sand does to moving parts.
>
>
> Not exactly a lot of "moving parts" on the outside of an
airplane that those
> modern technological marvels called "plastic" and "duct
tape" can't protect.
> Its worthwhile to note that the USA stores its surplus aircraft in the open
> at a desert airbase (Davis-Monthan) subject to all sorts of wind blown sand
> and such.
>

Covered in a special plastic coating.

Adam

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