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Crown-Horned Snorkack <chornedsnorkack@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>In 1920-s and 1930-s (and later) plenty of aircraft were wood and
>cloth, rather than metal. Their infernal combustion engines had to be
>metal, though.
One of my Dad's passions was First World War aircraft and I used to get
dragged around things like The Shuttleworth Collection at Old Warden in
Bedfordshire as a child. Some of the early flying machines were amazing
and even the First World war planes, Tiger Moths and SE5s were barely
more than string and sellotape and a bit of painted silk.
Dad got to fly a Tiger Moth. Whoo-Hoo. Even after landing he was flying
for weeks!!
:-)
Jacey
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