Canadian Forestry Journal, December, 1918 



1959 



Working on an F-5 Flying Boat. Canadian Aeroplanes. Limited, Toronto. 



boat which differs drom the aero- 

 plane the keel is of white ash. The 

 ribs are secured to the keel as in a 

 boat and the frame built up. The 

 flooring and the frame is covered 

 with three ply birch rotary cut. 



Installing Engines. 



The fmished parts of the aeroplane 

 and the flying boat are brought as 

 requii ed to the assembly room. Here 

 the parts are assembled and the en- 

 gines installed, before the machines 

 are sent away from the factory. 

 Each complete machine is carefully 

 inspected and the engine started. 

 Then if the aeroplane is in all respects 

 satisfactory it is taken to pieces and 

 packed very carefully. It is loaded 

 on a llat car and is ready to be shipped. 



Packing the fmished machine plays 

 a very important part in the aero- 

 plane industry. The wings are crated 

 separately and if there is any part of 

 them that is likely to touch the crate 

 precaution against damage is taken 

 by padding the crate well. The 

 wing is covered over before the lid 



is placed on the crate. The body of 

 the aeroplane is also packed in this 

 way and the whole deposited on a 

 flat car and carefully secured. 



A great quantity of lumber is 

 required in crating the machines and 

 for this purpose a special grade of 

 stock is purchased. Some idea of 

 the size of the crates may be obtained 

 from the fact that the wings of a 

 flying boat are over one hundred 

 feet from tip to tip. The body when 

 crated occupies a whole railway car. 



In the construction of aeroplanes 

 little or no perfect wood is wasted. 

 What cannot be utilized in the long 

 beams, which are most difficult to 

 obtain, can be made into smaller 

 parts. 



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