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CAF Airbase Georgia P-47N Thunderbolt restoration project – summer update

CAF Airbase Georgia reports progress on its P-47N Thunderbolt restoration, including landing gear, hydraulics, wiring, and ...
Design News

GE Develops Lightweight Metal Sheet for Aircraft Skins

Metal may have a new entry in the battle for super lightweight aircraft skins. General Electric received a U.S. patent June 17 for a powder metal sheet composition that could compete with plastic ...
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Laser revolutionizes sheet metal cutting at Army Depot

Corpus Christi, Texas (Aug. 7, 2012) -- Nobody works on more Army helicopters than Corpus Christi Army Depot, so when it comes to repair and overhaul, they cut a lot of metal. Gone are the days of ...
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Aircraft sheet metal work; how to do blueprint reading, template layout, patterns for bends, riveting, soldering, brazing, welding, drop hammer work, by Clarence Allen Le Master

"The material in this volume is also available in the Aviation cyclopedia." ...