"Joe Camp" wrote in message
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On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 23:12:24 -0700, Richard Riley

Interesting, I have only encountered birch in plywood. I hadn't heard
of using it in aircraft in it's pure form.

Most of it *is* plywood, not sticks of wood.

It is a stressed skin design, with the plywood cold molded into the complex
curves. The bulkheads are also cut from plywood.

The floor was end grain balsa, then covered with plywood. Modern airliners
used balsa covered with aluminum, not long ago.
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Jim in NC