The link works fine for me. I cannot answer about Boeing or about being around in the 1920s, but oddly I do have experience rib-stitching. My father restored 3 Piper Cubs and an Aeronca Champ, all vintage 40s airplanes that are "rag-wings". Early planes have sewn fabric skins that are later coated with special paints. At minute 0:44 in the video, you can see ladies stitching the fabric to the ribs & struts of the airplane wing. Each stitch catches the fabric to the wing structure to keep it from flapping and creates a smooth lightweight wing. At 1:15 in the video you see another lady tying a knot for a finished stitch. Each stitch is tied off & is separate from the next. The process is pretty neat and tidy, and certainly could have been done in the clothing shown without any more mishap than a bit of dust.
--cin Cynthia Barnes cinbar...@gmail.com On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 9:28 AM, Franchesca Havas < franchesca.ha...@gmail.com> wrote: > Greetings! > > In this short video we see seamstresses working on heavy canvas for > airplane wings. The question that was asked today was if the attire > worn by the seamstresses normal work attire or are they dressing up > for the filming of their work. > > http://www.boeing.com/history/video-series/index.page#.VdNbytV1emk.mailto > > Videos@Boeing: Laying the fabric: The Boeing seamstresses Laying the > fabric: The Boeing seamstresses > Discover the role Boeing seamstresses played in the early days of > company and the pioneering spirit they stitched in history in the > first installment of “The Boeing Archives Presents." > > Thanks! :) > Franchesca > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
