>And Aircraft "Carpenter?" Now that does go back a bit. > >One of the reasons our pacific northwest's old-growth forests have been >stripped nearly bare was to supply choice Sitka spruce for fighter airplane >and glider construction during WWII. (It's only one of the reasons--we've >thought of many others since....) > >Del More than once, when I was in England, I helped a guy from the fabric shop re-cover, lace, and dope ailerons, elevators, and rudders for our squadron of Gooney Birds (C-47, or DC-3). All aluminum by then, incidentally. Ron N
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