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Sample of 'Gordon aerolite flax re-inforced synthetic phenolic resin material

1941-1943
Section of a Comet aircraft upper fuselage, by The de Havilland Aircraft Company Limited, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, 1954. From Comet G-ALYP showing fatigue cracks around automatic direction finding hatches. Mounted on pine (wood) display stand.

Section of upper fuselage of Comet G-ALYP showing fatigue cracks

1954
Fuselage for a reconstruction of Vladimir Tatlin’s artwork ‘Letatlin’, by Henry Milner, 2013. Constructed of ash, leather, steel and cotton, Milner's 'Letatlin' is based on detailed study of Tatlin's only surviving prototype in the collections of the Russian Central Airforce Museum in Monino. Milner was commissioned by Grad London for the Utopia Ltd exhibition in 2013, and the reconstruction featured in a number of international art exhibitions before being donated to the Science Museum Group.

Fuselage for Letatlin model

2013