[WWI] Plywood

[Aidrian Bridgeman-Sutton]

On 11/4/08, Robert Karr <karrart at karrart.com> wrote:
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> 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",

In North America it's Liriodendron tulipifera - it often produces a
white to cream sapwood but heartwood with a red-orange grain sometimes
tending to purplish black. The Brazilian variety seems much more
fiery, with a pronounced grain' Tulipwood's colour depends on what
sort of nutrients are in the soil where the tree gorws

There' s a famous Hispano car raced by Andre Dubonnet which has a
tulipwood body built by Nieuport  - it's a very seriously orange
colour without a lot of grain visible except at very close quarters.
It might be a good effect to copy for your flying machines

Aidrian