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Old 17th Jul 2009, 19:24
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Originally Posted by The Bartender
The skin in this area of the fuselage is 0.032 inches thick with an
additional 0.032 inch thick layer bonded to the interior
surface in selected areas.
I did NOT need to know that....
That's 30 times heavier than the good Reynold's Wrap and nearly triple (within 1/1000th of an inch) the average thickness of what protects one from the contents of the average can of Coca Cola.

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