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Old September 16th 09, 12:40 AM posted to rec.aviation.homebuilt
Charles Vincent
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Default writeup in Flight Magazine of the Flying Flea accidents tests

Veeduber wrote:
On Sep 13, 6:55 pm, Stealth Pilot wrote:
This is the article in "Flight" magazine (Ed: Oct 1936 issue ) describing the aerodynamic
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See also the mention of pop-rivets in this issue, which refers to an
earlier series of articles.

-R.S. Hoover



As I recall, the pop rivet was invented by Goodyear in the thirties as a
means off attaching their de-icing boots to existing airframes.

Charles