Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.unix.geeks Subject: Re: This Is a Job For - Polarizing Film ? Followup-To: alt.unix.geeks Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2026 12:52:34 +0100 Lines: 19 Message-ID: <29ls2mx4ft.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> References: <6f94803c-4069-440b-ba22-ae38e8d5f24c@invalid.com> <10j71j9$3tgvf$2@dont-email.me> <4WF5R.776520$79B9.219713@fx14.iad> <10j7jgc$4b0u$1@dont-email.me> <10j9d7e$mp8i$14@dont-email.me> <10jakog$13t8r$2@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net b2c7n8dNVIIfr4s4VuABhQZkbu/MT83QZH6cvzDFmHy/E9p2nd X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:CDFTc6+/fhEAd7gyeNmNCLioCVM= sha256:g37PK6boE1kyUTST3JG/PoA9d9LNZ6mTQ2jMsfl2rWE= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: <10jakog$13t8r$2@dont-email.me> Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:80507 alt.unix.geeks:159 On 2026-01-03 09:41, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote: > On Sat, 03 Jan 2026 06:09:31 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > >> True story: someone parked a Cub (or similar) out in the middle of >> nowhere to go exploring. When he got back, a bear had shredded most >> of the fabric fuselage. Fortunately, he had a number of rolls of >> duc[tk] tape with him, and patched things up well enough to fly >> home. > > That I can believe. Why? Because it is not carrying any structural > load. It’s just a covering, like the original fabric. I know that some kind of tape is used for temporary repairs in comercial airplanes, say a hole in the wing. It is a special tape, maybe aluminum film and something else. There are rules on how and where to use it. -- Cheers, Carlos. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;