Hi- I'm a plane freak, and a friend of mine that's on this group asked me
for some details on the plane that that post talked about-
The plane they are talking about was the Focke-Wulf Ta-154 Moskito. The
glue that was used in the prototypes was called Tegofilm. It was made in a
factory near Wuppertal that was bombed. The next two aircraft off the line
that were to be the first real production aircraft uere made with a cold
curing adhesive that ate into the wood. One of the A-1 initial production
series aircraft crashed when the wing failed in flight. My source on this is
Warplanes of the Luftwaffe, edited by David Donald, Aerospace Publishing,
1994. Here's a link to some pictures-
http://www.luftwaffepics.com/lta1541.htm BTW, the British airplane they are
talking about, the DeHavilland Mosquito, had similar problems when sent to
the China-Burma-India theater with humidity attacking the glue joints in the
all-wood structure.
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Jim Atkins
Twentynine Palms, CA USA
Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend.
Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.
-Groucho Marx
Jim Atkins wrote:
> Hi- I'm a plane freak, and a friend of mine that's on this group asked me
> for some details on the plane that that post talked about-
> The plane they are talking about was the Focke-Wulf Ta-154 Moskito. The
> glue that was used in the prototypes was called Tegofilm. It was made in a
> factory near Wuppertal that was bombed. The next two aircraft off the line
> that were to be the first real production aircraft uere made with a cold
> curing adhesive that ate into the wood. One of the A-1 initial production
> series aircraft crashed when the wing failed in flight. My source on this
> is Warplanes of the Luftwaffe, edited by David Donald, Aerospace
> Publishing, 1994. Here's a link to some pictures-
> http://www.luftwaffepics.com/lta1541.htm BTW, the British airplane they
> are talking about, the DeHavilland Mosquito, had similar problems when
> sent to the China-Burma-India theater with humidity attacking the glue
> joints in the all-wood structure.
At one point Geoffrey deHavilland grounded a bunch of those with a handsaw.
I don't recall what they did about it but they did come up with an improved
adhesive. That might have been when they started using Aerolite.
>
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--John
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