PAPER PLASTICS
BETTER THAN ALUMINIUM
USED FOR AEROPLANE PARTS
Laminated paper plastic aeroplane parts are claimed to resist wear better than aluminium.
The St. Louis McDonnel Aircraft Corporation (U.S.A.) is making paper wing : tips, rudders, elevators and ailerons.
Sheets of paper like brown-paper wrappings are impregnated with phenolformaldehyde, then moulded under pressure.
The wing-tips are lighter and 40 per cent, stronger than aluminium, and have withstood a weight test of 280001 b.
The smoother surface eliminates coating and finishing processes, and has greater resistance to abrasion and denting than aluminium. •
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 51, Issue 3177, 2 October 1942, Page 7
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90PAPER PLASTICS Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 51, Issue 3177, 2 October 1942, Page 7
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