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Re:Crushed wood is stronger than steel by theoh on Thursday February 08, 2018 @08:46PM (#16337253)
Also mostly plywood: the Spruce Goose https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughes_H-4_Hercules
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Re:Crushed wood is stronger than steel by paulddraper on Thursday February 08, 2018 @11:06PM (#16337830)
which is simply massive: 320 ft wingspan, the largest of any flown aircraft.
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Re:Crushed wood is stronger than steel by rootw0rm on Saturday February 10, 2018 @02:00AM (#16346252)
Haha, that was the first aircraft I thought of too!
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