As we round out Aviation Maintenance Technician Day, I want to extend a great thanks to everyone involved in maintaining the aircraft connecting people and cargo to places across the globe. Aircraft maintenance is the backbone of the aviation industry. Airplanes wouldn’t move from airport to airport, gate to gate, and Marana, AZ to the US and Europe without the maintenance professionals that keep them airworthy.

As a kid, I had the opportunity to visit United Airlines’ Oakland Maintenance facility on a few occasions. Below is some behind-the-scenes nostalgia from that era: United Airlines Oakland Maintenance Base (heavy maintenance), 1990s (possibly late 1980s also). Video by Clayton on YouTube.

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Above United Airlines’ Oakland Maintenance Hanger (1990s) photo by Clayton on YouTube (featured below).