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To: Charles Martel

Seems surprising today that they had wooden hulls.


3 posted on 03/10/2016 7:41:14 AM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: jjotto

Not surprising when there was no fiberglass yet. It was marine grade mahogany plywood, not your run-of-the-mill chipboard from Home Depot.


5 posted on 03/10/2016 7:43:51 AM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: jjotto

Laminated wood was high tech back then. The British Mosquito bomber was made out of plywood too, as I recall.


6 posted on 03/10/2016 7:44:28 AM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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