Originally Posted by
hueyracer
A few flashbacks for me there! I remember long long ago receiving a stack of standards documents for a naval contract that included design and development. The specs for preferred materials were all for pretty standard aeroplane stuff with not a single marine material (not even 200 year old bronzes or New Forest oak
). Nothing cheap for the brown jobs to drag through the mud either. When I complained, I was asked if I would like to serve on a committee overseeing the standards. Too much to do anyway, so I declined. Perhaps NH Industries are using the same books!