Women sewing fabric to be used to cover airplane wings. Cotton or linen was cut and sewed to shape before being stretched over the wooden wing ribs, then doped (painted with lacquer) to tighten and smoothen the surface and to make it weathertight.
Monday, May 1, 2023
Another job you may not want to do, sewing wing coverings
Women sewing fabric to be used to cover airplane wings. Cotton or linen was cut and sewed to shape before being stretched over the wooden wing ribs, then doped (painted with lacquer) to tighten and smoothen the surface and to make it weathertight.
I got my seaplane rating in the 80s on a Taylorcraft, and I understand they're
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