I read in adverts in 1930s cycling periodicals that Reynolds HM (High Manganese) was also used to build aircraft.
Neil Foddering Weymouth, Dorset, England
> Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 17:54:40 -0800
> From: fred_rednor@yahoo.com
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: Re: [CR] Framebuilding during WW2 - the UK
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> --- On Fri, 1/1/10, Mark Stevens <gillottspear@googlemail.com> wrote:
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> > Not frame building but an interesting tidbit.
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> Mark,
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> I recall reading that the tubing used in the airframes of British fighters was Reynolds 531. So perhaps there is something of a connection...
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> Cheers
> Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia (USA)