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Re:German military kicks off heavy lift helicopter competition by cm2187 on Friday December 15, 2017 @10:27AM (#15932430)
I believe that B747 do get regularly tear down. They basically remove all the cabins, lots of the conduits and wires, remove the instruments in the cockpit, inspect hidden areas, and reassemble the whole thing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_maintenance_checks#D_...

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Re:German military kicks off heavy lift helicopter competition by foldr on Friday December 15, 2017 @03:44PM (#15934924)
A tear down doesn't necessarily involve inspecting every part.
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Re:German military kicks off heavy lift helicopter competition by chiph on Friday December 15, 2017 @08:19PM (#15936743)
They inspect pretty near every part on a 747 during a D check. Including the toilets.

https://youtu.be/x_yHtfGH0nI?t=36m55s

So far as the HH-53 (the USAF version), when I rode one in the 80's, the saying was that if it wasn't dripping hydraulic fluid, there was something wrong.

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Re:German military kicks off heavy lift helicopter competition by foldr on Saturday December 16, 2017 @09:22AM (#15939640)
I'm sure they do a thorough inspection, but there is nothing in the video to suggest that they inspect literally every part, or anything close to it. Note that by "every part" I mean every component, not every area of the plane. Your remark about the toilets suggests that you may have assumed the latter interpretation.
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