On: Super Wood (2018)

[Koshkin]

There is also the so-called "delta wood" (resin-wood multi-ply veneer) that was used in some of the WW2 fighters' airframes.

[noir_lord → Koshkin]

The Mosquito also known as 'The Wooden Wonder' - fastest thing in the sky til the Germans got the Me-262 off the ground.

Didn't do well in the far East because of humidity but they cracked that later.

Brilliant bit of engineering since it used a lot of equipment/skills that where under utilised at the time they started building them.

With the F18 and the Lightning one of my top 3 favourite military planes ever.

[fyfy18 → Koshkin]

Is this basically a precursor to modern glulam?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glued_laminated_timber