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I found this incredibly interesting. The amount of human labor involved is unbelievable. It's amazing that we went from the Wright Brother's homemade airplane to this in only 15 years. Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice - pull down your pants and slide on the ice. ʘ ͜ʖ ʘ | ||
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| Bookers Bourbon and a good cigar  |
Lots of hand work done there! Amazing. If you're goin' through hell, keep on going. Don't slow down. If you're scared don't show it. You might get out before the devil even knows you're there. NRA ENDOWMENT LIFE MEMBER | |||
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| Freethinker |
Fascinating, and an OSHA horror film. Thanks. ► 6.4/93.6 “ Enlightenment is man’s emergence from his self-imposed nonage. Nonage is the inability to use one’s own understanding without another’s guidance. This nonage is self-imposed if its cause lies not in lack of understanding but in indecision and lack of courage to use one’s own mind without another’s guidance.” — Immanuel Kant | |||
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Very interesting. _________________________ NRA Patron Life Member | |||
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Interesting. Otherwise very good except for that crappy music. Holy Toledo Jones! "If you think everything's going to be alright, you don't understand the problem!"- Gutpile Charlie "A man's got to know his limitations" - Harry Callahan | |||
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I had to turn the sound off at about the 10 minute mark. Otherwise, I liked it a lot. Interesting how little automation they had. Hand stitching the fabric on the wings, etc. And every time they had to move a large component, they would just get a bunch of guys and carry it. The engine at least was on a hoist. ... stirred anti-clockwise. | |||
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| half-genius, half-wit |
During WW1 my grandmother worked at Morgan's of Leighton buzzard in Bedfordshire England, applying layers of cellulose dope to the fabric of the Vimy bomber sections that they were building there. She used to tell me how she used to walk home to Soulbury, stripping the dope off her hands and arms as she walked along talking to her pals. | |||
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No one appreciated the Sun Ra Arkestra?  Yes, looking at the cellulose application gave me a headache. Nitrocellulose? Loaded with volatile solvent? Even a quick touch-up spray in the house gives me a headache. | |||
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Fascinating how well dressed people were back then. I wish the world would go back to dressing up. | |||
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You got that right. Worse soundtrack I've ever heard. Interesting video though. Jim ________________________ "If you can't be a good example, then you'll have to be a horrible warning" -Catherine Aird | |||
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Not Rosie the Riveter, but Daisy the Doper? And 20 years later or less, all-metal planes. Fascinating video, thanks! _________________________ “Remember, remember the fifth of November!" | |||
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The Brits were still flying wood and canvas planes in WWII. ... stirred anti-clockwise. | |||
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So were we. I enjoy doing dope and fabric work. | |||
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I muted the music early on, but the caption pages flipped by so quickly that I gave up. Stopped at 4:46. -------------------------- Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. -- H L Mencken I always prefer reality when I can figure out what it is. -- JALLEN 10/18/18 | |||
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I had to repeatedly pause and move back to the captions to read them. A few seconds delay on each one would have been nice. ... stirred anti-clockwise. | |||
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Yeah, I tried that, too, but I didn't have enough patience. -------------------------- Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. -- H L Mencken I always prefer reality when I can figure out what it is. -- JALLEN 10/18/18 | |||
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