RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2016 7:14 pm
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RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2016 8:01 pm
Probably a Texan Trainer. I had a model of one when I was a kid.
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2016 11:57 pm
ORIGINAL: BBfanboy
Probably a Texan Trainer. I had a model of one when I was a kid.
The Texan (AT-6) had a stressed metal skin, that's fabric covered. It looks like a primary trainer aircraft, but I'm not sure which one. Definitely a monoplane which rules out the Steerman, which is the best known.
Bill
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2016 10:21 am
that's fabric covered
That and the color is what intrigued me. And her glamorous look!
Some type of trainer or floatplane? Or were there any fabric covered floats.
edit: found this out
Miss Grace Weaver, a civil service worker at the Naval Air Base, and a school teacher before the war, paints the American insignia on repaired Navy plane wings. August 1942.
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2016 10:24 am
In the 1920s - 30s Lexington and Saratoga apparently had biplane bombers and in pictures posted on this forum they had bright yellow wings (IIRC). But women would not have been in factories then so I assume that pic is from the 1940s - but the aircraft could have been an old one being refurbished for use as a trainer.ORIGINAL: MakeeLearn
that's fabric covered
That and the color is what intrigued me. And her glamorous look!
Some type of trainer or floatplane? Or were there any fabric covered floats.
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2016 10:27 am
ORIGINAL: MakeeLearn
that's fabric covered
That and the color is what intrigued me. And her glamorous look!
Some type of trainer or floatplane? Or were there any fabric covered floats.
The whole picture is surely staged for marketing/propaganda purposes? The woman was probably either the best looking woman the photography team could find at the plant, else a model they brought with them from Hollywood!
Surely that paint was applied in a more assembly line fashion, probably with sprayers and almost certainly with a stencil when it comes to the star (well, two stencils, first a circle to get the white on top of the yellow, then the star with circle blocked to get the black star legs).
If they literally had some dollish Rosie the Riveter painting all the stars on their airplanes we would've lost the war!
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2016 10:32 am
ORIGINAL: Anthropoid
ORIGINAL: MakeeLearn
that's fabric covered
That and the color is what intrigued me. And her glamorous look!
Some type of trainer or floatplane? Or were there any fabric covered floats.
The whole picture is surely staged for marketing/propaganda purposes? The woman was probably either the best looking woman the photography team could find at the plant, else a model they brought with them from Hollywood!
Surely that paint was applied in a more assembly line fashion, probably with sprayers and almost certainly with a stencil when it comes to the star (well, two stencils, first a circle to get the white on top of the yellow, then the star with circle blocked to get the black star legs).
If they literally had some dollish Rosie the Riveter painting all the stars on their airplanes we would've lost the war!
I think she and the pic are real. Ive seen paint guns and hand paint in pics. May have depended on the factory/facility.
Lots of women had that "LOOK" back then. 20s 30s 40s was HOT
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2016 10:36 am
I was thinking that refurbishing old fabric covered planes would be contracted out to small companies while the big ones had their massive assembly lines. A small company might not have bothered buying paint spraying equipment for a small, one-time contract.ORIGINAL: Anthropoid
ORIGINAL: MakeeLearn
that's fabric covered
That and the color is what intrigued me. And her glamorous look!
Some type of trainer or floatplane? Or were there any fabric covered floats.
The whole picture is surely staged for marketing/propaganda purposes? The woman was probably either the best looking woman the photography team could find at the plant, else a model they brought with them from Hollywood!
Surely that paint was applied in a more assembly line fashion, probably with sprayers and almost certainly with a stencil when it comes to the star (well, two stencils, first a circle to get the white on top of the yellow, then the star with circle blocked to get the black star legs).
If they literally had some dollish Rosie the Riveter painting all the stars on their airplanes we would've lost the war!
Agree with the choice of pretty woman and staging of the photo for propaganda or advertising purposes.
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2016 10:38 am
They did this by hand with no gloves - and had their nail polish on! That's confidence - I get paint all over my hands when I use a brush!ORIGINAL: MakeeLearn
ORIGINAL: Anthropoid
ORIGINAL: MakeeLearn
That and the color is what intrigued me. And her glamorous look!
Some type of trainer or floatplane? Or were there any fabric covered floats.
The whole picture is surely staged for marketing/propaganda purposes? The woman was probably either the best looking woman the photography team could find at the plant, else a model they brought with them from Hollywood!
Surely that paint was applied in a more assembly line fashion, probably with sprayers and almost certainly with a stencil when it comes to the star (well, two stencils, first a circle to get the white on top of the yellow, then the star with circle blocked to get the black star legs).
If they literally had some dollish Rosie the Riveter painting all the stars on their airplanes we would've lost the war!
I think she and the pic are real. Ive seen paint guns and hand paint in pics. May have depended on the factory/facility.
Lots of women had that "LOOK" back then. 20s 30s 40s was HOT
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2016 10:40 am
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2016 10:47 am
They did this by hand with no gloves - and had their nail polish on! That's confidence - I get paint all over my hands when I use a brush!
HA! HA! As someone who paints and finishes..... that was one of the first things I was looking for in the first photo.
NEAT
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2016 10:52 am
Re: the aircraft type, try this Google search - lots of aircraft with yellow wings.
My current guess is the PT-19 Cornell monoplane.
https://www.google.ca/search?newwindow= ... dJMIqyXA2w
My current guess is the PT-19 Cornell monoplane.
https://www.google.ca/search?newwindow= ... dJMIqyXA2w
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2016 10:58 am
Meanwhile at Subic Bay.....
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2016 11:01 am
Curtiss-Wright AT-9?
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2016 11:02 am
Re: the aircraft type, try this Google search - lots of aircraft with yellow wings.
My current guess is the PT-19 Cornell monoplane.
Thanks. Tried a google earlier and ran into red herrings.
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2016 11:05 am
Advance level geometry.......
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2016 11:12 am
Now that is ALOT of rivets!!!
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2016 11:23 am
What a woman! Notice how she has made the rails so hot that the left one has warped!ORIGINAL: MakeeLearn
Meanwhile at Subic Bay.....
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2016 11:30 am
From aircraft to......
RE: OT Things to ponder
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2016 11:51 am
ORIGINAL: geofflambert
Curtiss-Wright AT-9?
Curtiss-Wright AT-9 looks metal.. smooth.
I though a biplane at first because of the fabric and the ribs are so prominent.
PT-19 Cornell monoplane is close but I dont see the framing as much.
Could it be the wing of a disassembled biplane?