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.
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March 28, 2019, 05:42 PM
Johnny 3eagles
Lots of hand work done there! Amazing.
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March 28, 2019, 05:56 PM
sigfreund
Fascinating, and an OSHA horror film. Thanks.
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March 28, 2019, 06:16 PM
Neel
Very interesting.
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March 28, 2019, 10:02 PM
Gutpile Charlie
Interesting. Otherwise very good except for that crappy music. Holy Toledo Jones!
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March 28, 2019, 10:21 PM
John Steed
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.
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March 29, 2019, 08:19 AM
tacfoley
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.
March 29, 2019, 08:43 AM
Woodman
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.
March 29, 2019, 11:59 AM
Aeteocles
Fascinating how well dressed people were back then. I wish the world would go back to dressing up.
March 29, 2019, 12:07 PM
Jimbo54
quote:
Originally posted by Gutpile Charlie: Interesting. Otherwise very good except for that crappy music. Holy Toledo Jones!
You got that right. Worse soundtrack I've ever heard. Interesting video though.
Jim
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March 29, 2019, 08:16 PM
sjtill
Not Rosie the Riveter, but Daisy the Doper? And 20 years later or less, all-metal planes. Fascinating video, thanks!
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March 29, 2019, 08:22 PM
John Steed
The Brits were still flying wood and canvas planes in WWII.
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March 29, 2019, 11:05 PM
sns3guppy
quote:
Originally posted by John Steed: The Brits were still flying wood and canvas planes in WWII.
So were we.
I enjoy doing dope and fabric work.
March 30, 2019, 12:33 AM
newtoSig765
I muted the music early on, but the caption pages flipped by so quickly that I gave up. Stopped at 4:46.
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March 30, 2019, 11:02 AM
John Steed
quote:
Originally posted by newtoSig765: I muted the music early on, but the caption pages flipped by so quickly that I gave up. Stopped at 4:46.
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.
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March 30, 2019, 11:48 AM
newtoSig765
quote:
Originally posted by John Steed: I had to repeatedly pause and move back to the captions to read them...
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
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