Power-Driven Assembly Line Steps Up Airplane Deliveries

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Production of military airplanes at the Vultee Aircraft plant in Downey, Calif,, has been stepped up fourfold by installation of a power-operated final assembly line, said to be the first of its kind in the entire industry. For example, at the stage illustrated here, the completed fuselage and the finished tail section meet, an overhead transfer bridge carrying the fuselage across from its conveyor line to the line where tails are assembled. The operator in the foreground then adjusts the level of the fuselage so that it lines up exactly for three-point bolting to the tail piece.

Title (Dublin Core)
Power-Driven Assembly Line Steps Up Airplane Deliveries
Subject (Dublin Core)
en
en
Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core)
Power-Driven Assembly Line Steps Up Airplane Deliveries
Language (Dublin Core)
eng
Temporal Coverage (Dublin Core)
World War II
Date Issued (Dublin Core)
1941-09
Is Part Of (Dublin Core)
Popular Mechanics, v. 76, n. 3, 1941
pages (Bibliographic Ontology)
13
Rights (Dublin Core)
Public Domain (Google digitized)
Source (Dublin Core)
Google books
References (Dublin Core)
Vultee
Downey
California
Archived by (Dublin Core)
Enrico Saonara
Alberto Bordignon (Supervisor)
Spatial Coverage (Dublin Core)
United States of America