He was fitted with the standard wooden leg, but his younger brother Charles used his knowledge of aircraft materials to design a new jointed Duralumin alloy leg of half the weight, with which he was able to return to flying.
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_A maritime craft air deployment system, manufactured by Britain's Aircraft Materials Co . The device launches rigid inflatable boats into the water from a C-130 transport aircraft . It will be evaluated by the U . S . Special Operations Command.
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IRVIN-GQ, together with Aircraft Materials Limited and Advanced Inflatable Products of the UK, Para-Flite Inc . and Irvin Aerospace Inc . of the United States and Irvin Aerospace Canada Limited of Canada, forms Airborne Systems Group, a company wholly owned by Alchemy Partners.
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Early on, CAC set about planning for the establishment of both engine and aircraft manufacturing and testing facilities at Second World War, the Australian Government issued a statement advising that " from this date onward Australia can rely on England for no further supplies of any aircraft materials or equipment of any kind.
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Carbon fiber composites have a higher strength-to-weight ratio than conventional aircraft materials, and help make the 787 a lighter aircraft . The first carbon / epoxy primary structure was put into service on the Boeing 737 Classic horizontal tail in 1984, and the largest use of composite structures is 60 % in the Boeing Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche.
