AEROPLANE OF BAKILITE
Strong as Any Metal, Says Designer (Eeceived 11, 12.45 p.m.)) BERLIN, March 10. A designer, Fritz Huth, has constructed an aeroplane entirely of bakelite, contending it is cheaper and eqnally as strong as any metal employed in aeroplane construction. Bakelite is an artificial resin-like substanee that wate discovered by a Belgian chemi'st, L. H. Baekeland. In manufacture, under the influence of b.eai, it becomes a hard, insoluble, infusible substanee resisting to a high degree chemical and mechanical agents. It is used chiefly for making buttons, pen-holders, and umbrella handle3. Paper impregnated with bakelite in liquid form is used for electrical insulation.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 47, 11 March 1937, Page 5
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104AEROPLANE OF BAKILITE Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 47, 11 March 1937, Page 5
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