e leading edge. i84 HOW AN AEROPLANE IS BUILTStretch the cover over the top and bottomof the ribs, then stretch the fabric to thetrailing edge and tack down with a fewfine gimp pins. Sometimes this is donewith pins. The fabric should then bestretched lengthways and all seams straigh-tened from the… … Fig. 34. The first stitch should be made by pass-ing the needle through the fabric from theinside, pulling it through and passing overthe edge, then across the gap to the fabricon the top of the wing. Here the needleis again passed from the inside of the fabricto the outside, and the stitches both…
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