[WWI] Plywood

[Robert Karr]

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To bring this back a bit more OT, did the Brits, French etc. make much use 
of plywood?  If so, was that predominately birch as well?>>

On the Nieuports, the nose area was covered in narrow strips of tulipwood, 
which has nothing to do with tulips, but is apparantly a "lin" wood as I've 
seen it spelled...also "lynwood", which seems to be linden or bass. On the 
Nieuport 28 the tail feathers were covered like this also. Almost a 
"Pfalzish" method of covering.

In the Sopwith family, the areas around the cockpits and nose sides was 
coiered in birch 3ply.

RK

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