NEW AEROPLANE BODY DEVELOPED IN U.S.-The Timm Aeromolo plastic plane shown on a crosscountry test flight. The plane is composed of plastic material produced by saturating and binding thin strins of spruce with liquid plastics and then placing the plane in an oven for hardening and moulding. It is claimed to be lighter and cheaper than ordinary construction. The firs plane is a two-piece tandem open military type primary trainer powered with a 160 h.p. Kinner motor. It has a maximum speed of 140 m.p.h.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 August 1940, Page 6
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85NEW AEROPLANE BODY DEVELOPED IN U.S.-The Timm Aeromolo plastic plane shown on a crosscountry test flight. The plane is composed of plastic material produced by saturating and binding thin strins of spruce with liquid plastics and then placing the plane in an oven for hardening and moulding. It is claimed to be lighter and cheaper than ordinary construction. The firs plane is a two-piece tandem open military type primary trainer powered with a 160 h.p. Kinner motor. It has a maximum speed of 140 m.p.h. Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 August 1940, Page 6
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