Comment by jimnotgym
1 year ago
To be clear it was more canvas over wooden monocoque than frame. It was made out of laminated wooden shapes made in molds, quite unlike early planes. The canvas was just for weatherproofing iirc.
1 year ago
To be clear it was more canvas over wooden monocoque than frame. It was made out of laminated wooden shapes made in molds, quite unlike early planes. The canvas was just for weatherproofing iirc.
Thanks - I didn't know that. I guess I was using the term "airframe" as the generic term for the aircraft body, not to imply that its was composed of a literal framework. Thanks for the clarification.
My father was sent to a conflict zone (Malaya, now Malaysia/Singapore) and seems to have spent a fair bit of his time there repairing damage caused by ground-based small arms. Probably an exciting time for a twenty year old.