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From: Wojtek Rychlik

To: anaglyphs(-at-)yahoogroups.com

Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 6:10 PM

Subject: Re: [Anaglyphs] 1st Stainless Steel Plane

Thanks Brian. Luke warm recognition of it might have been due to the heavy weight.

Wojtek

On Jul 31, 2007, at 1:36 PM, Brian Wallace wrote:

The Budd BB-1, in front of the museum, was the first stainless steel airplane built by the Edward F. Budd Manufacturing Corporation and has been on display since 1935. [1]

In 1931, the company manufactured the first stainless steel airplane, which was successfully test-piloted for 1,000 hours of flight time. Although the company gained recognition for its latest design, Budd did not pursue business in the airline industry until World War II.

Brian