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Many transports, bombers and trainers still used fabric, although the flammable nitrate dope was replaced with butyrate dope instead, which burns less readily. [4] The Mosquito is an example of a fabric-covered plywood aircraft. The Vickers Wellington used fabric over a geodesic airframe which offered good combat damage resistance.
Fabric flammability is an important textile issue, especially for stage drapery that will be used in a public space such as a school, theatre or special event venue. In the United States, Federal regulations require that drapery fabrics used in such spaces be certified as flame or fire-retardant.
Do It Best Corp., formerly known as Hardware Wholesalers, Inc. (HWI), is a member-owned hardware, lumber, and building materials cooperative based in Fort Wayne, Indiana.Do it Best Corp. is the second-largest co-op in the industry with over $5 billion in annual sales. [2]
Scott was born and raised in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and later lived in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, where she was a cheerleader. [1] At age 22, she found fame on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman playing Mary's sister Cathy Shumway.
The coming of the railroads eliminated the need for the Chisholm Trail. Dewitt's first rail line, the Gulf, Western Texas and Pacific, [23] extended to San Antonio. The San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway, [24] was the second line in the county. In 1907 the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway [25] came through Dewitt.
The DeWitt Colony (c. 1820s through the 1840s) was a settlement in Mexico (now Texas) founded by Green DeWitt. From lands belonging to that colony, the present Texas counties of DeWitt, Guadalupe and Lavaca were created. The hub of the colony was primarily located, however, in what is now Gonzales County. The first battle of the Texas ...
Now 70 years old, Joyce DeWitt was new to the Hollywood scene when she landed one of the three main roles, starring as Janet Wood alongside John Ritter and Suzanne Somers. The popularity of the ...
Green DeWitt (February 12, 1787 – May 18, 1835) was an empresario in Mexican Texas. He brought families from the United States to what is now South-central Texas and founded the DeWitt Colony . Missouri