18 Dec
2005
18 Dec
'05
7:47 p.m.
On 12/18/05, William Donzelli <aw288 at osfn.org> wrote:
In my business we call them the "parts mafia." It can be cheaper to
redesign a board than to buy the parts... so long as you know what
the board is doing.
What about
your aging aircraft like the SST
that used 70's componernts?
There are specialty dealers that buy up old surplus for just this
reason. The aircraft people will pay HUGE amounts to get the correctly
rated parts, and these guys know it.