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Originally Posted by freebeard
Were these guys maybe wearing white helmets? Did they say what century the bicycles would cease to be 'experimental'?
That's a lot of Kevlar for someone who goes by AviationMetalSmith.  |
That's sharp of you to point that out. But actually,
in Naval Aviation, Fiberglass, Carbon Fiber, and other composites are
filed under the category of "Aviation Sheet Metal".
The Harrier AV8B is the only aircraft we had onboard that contained Kevlar, and it was a Marine aircraft .
I had a 3/16ths Drill Bit for drilling rivet holes in the Kevlar. It was special order, because Kevlar , being bullet proof, also doesn't cooperate with drill bits either ! One day , some officers from the HMS Invincible (a carrier with some squadrons of Harrier Jump Jets ) came over and asked if we had a drill bit for Kevlar, because they didn't have one onboard. Turned out , I had one in my locker... There was some paperwork to fill out... I did Not give the drill bit to the captain of the Invincible... I had to "Bequeath the Drill Bit to the Queen of England". And an entry was made in the Domesday Book.