And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I remember seeing that pic in an old Life magazine. The Corsair was modular so it could be salvaged at forward repair depots by mixing and matching undamaged sections. Al_in_Ottawa
Serious question - wouldn't most planes by the 1930s have been "relatively" modular? I could see older bi-planes with fabric coverings, wood frames and such but one would think that most fully metal constructed aircraft would have a high level of modularity due to mass production of parts?
I will say that in aircraft, 1/2 + 1/2 does not always equal 1. Back in the 90s, we had pilots that were ferrying old F-16s out of the boneyard to Israel and more than a couple were kind of shaky. One guy said his was "shuddering" and going across the ocean was one of his worst flying experiences ever. He looked into it farther and said it was essentially two planes wrenched together.
In WWII most small airplane fuselages were built as a single unit. If there was major damage to the fuselage it could only be repaired at a factory level facility. The Hawker Hurricane with its wood and cloth aft section could be salvaged by bolting a new/repaired one on, but the Spitfire couldn't. I've been involved in only one such salvage. A Twin Otter was hit hard by a forklift bending the fuselage behind the main door. Fortunately there was another Twin Otter behind the hangar that had crashed nose first so the aft fuselage was perfect. An adjustable trestle that was longer than the airframe had to be built in the hangar to hold the new tail in perfect alignment before the first rivet could be bucked. Al_in_Ottawa
'I swear, sir me and the boys can put it back together. We just, you know, kinda got carried away.'
ReplyDeleteI found the rattle!
ReplyDeleteWhat's that worth?
ReplyDeleteI remember seeing that pic in an old Life magazine. The Corsair was modular so it could be salvaged at forward repair depots by mixing and matching undamaged sections.
ReplyDeleteAl_in_Ottawa
Serious question - wouldn't most planes by the 1930s have been "relatively" modular? I could see older bi-planes with fabric coverings, wood frames and such but one would think that most fully metal constructed aircraft would have a high level of modularity due to mass production of parts?
DeleteI will say that in aircraft, 1/2 + 1/2 does not always equal 1. Back in the 90s, we had pilots that were ferrying old F-16s out of the boneyard to Israel and more than a couple were kind of shaky. One guy said his was "shuddering" and going across the ocean was one of his worst flying experiences ever. He looked into it farther and said it was essentially two planes wrenched together.
In WWII most small airplane fuselages were built as a single unit. If there was major damage to the fuselage it could only be repaired at a factory level facility. The Hawker Hurricane with its wood and cloth aft section could be salvaged by bolting a new/repaired one on, but the Spitfire couldn't.
DeleteI've been involved in only one such salvage. A Twin Otter was hit hard by a forklift bending the fuselage behind the main door. Fortunately there was another Twin Otter behind the hangar that had crashed nose first so the aft fuselage was perfect. An adjustable trestle that was longer than the airframe had to be built in the hangar to hold the new tail in perfect alignment before the first rivet could be bucked.
Al_in_Ottawa
https://youtu.be/Noqms4AhTJA?feature=shared
ReplyDelete39 minutes and well worth the watch