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08:58 Sep 27, 2007 |
Dutch to English translations [PRO] Materials (Plastics, Ceramics, etc.) / Chain guards | |||||||
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4 +1 | varnished cloth |
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varnished cloth Explanation: ... is the term I'm familiar with (used for the airframe skins of vintage aircraft, and still used for model aircraft, due to the ideal combination of strength, stiffness and light weight) sample refs: Doolittle wins in Baltimore: the US takes its second Schneider Cup ... Its circular wooden monocoque fuselage, covered with varnished cloth, ... The U.S. Government funded the Curtiss Airplane Company and its primary competitor ... goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-4811777/Doolittle-wins-in-Baltimore-the.html aircraft camouflage in World War One The upper surfaces were a single dark colour usually a green or brown, and the under-surfaces were varnished cloth. The forward fuselage area around the ... www.century-of-flight.net/Aviation history/airplane at war/... The Pioneers : An Anthology : Armand-Jean-Auguste Deperdussin ( c ... ... designed for him the most advanced racing airplane of the pre-war years. ... it was covered with three-ply sheets of tulip wood and varnished cloth to ... www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/deperdussin.html |
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