Canvas air-filled bags to raise the wing and test the landing gear, allows to save precious metal

Titolo: Canvas air-filled bags to raise the wing and test the landing gear, allows to save precious metal
Oggetto: en Technology; en Other
Article Title and/or Image Caption: Caption: Air-filled bags raise the wing of a Boeing Flying Fortress, somewhere in England, for testing of landing gear
extracted text: AIR-FILLED BAGS
raise the wing of a
Boeing Flying For-
tress, somewhere in
England, for testing
of landing gear. Can-
vas bags spread the
lift over a wide wing
area, are easy to
handle, and save pre-
cious metal. They are
especially handy when
the ground is uneven.
Lingua: eng
Copertura temporale: World War II
Data di rilascio: 1944-01
pagine: 58
Diritti: Public Domain (Google digitized)
Sorgente: Google Books
Referenzia: Boeing
Archived by: Lorenzo Chinellato; Marco Bortolami (editor)