TODAY, wood makes as important a contribution to the aircraft industry as before. In the United Kingdom and abroad leading designers and aircraft manufacturers have turned to wood laminates for particular applications in aircraft, hovercraft and helicopter manufacture. Earlier this year it was stated by the British Aircraft Corporation, co-designers with Sud-Aviation of the Concorde SST, that the flooring would be manufactured in a balsa wood laminate.


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    Title :

    The Development of Balsa Wood Laminates


    Subtitle :

    A short account of the use of balsa wood laminates as a structural material for aircraft


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1968-10-01


    Size :

    2 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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