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"Barnyard BOb -" wrote in message
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Both these guys are classic extremes of how dumb luck can rule!
Blanton survived in spite of himself while Wittman died because of
himself.

Not so fast, BoOb. Wittman was around 90 when he died. At the time he
covered his aircraft with polyester fabric and used dope to glue and finish
it, it was a popular thing to do.


IIRC, it wasn't so much his choice of materials as the method he used
to apply them.

The most incredible part of the story is that seperation of the fabric
was noted on the ground at Occala, but he decided to wait to fix it
until after he got to Oshkosh.

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