Duluth Timber Company is pleased to again be involved in reclaiming timbers from an historic piece of American industrial infrastructure, this time Boeing Plant 2 in Seattle. Playing a crucial role in World War II, Boeing Plant 2 produced and let fly nearly 7,000 B-17 Flying Fortresses. It built-out at 1.7 million square feet. It was one of the first modern assembly lines. “The plant employed as many as 30,000 people working three shifts to churn out bombers in staggering numbers — up to 362 a month.” (“Wrecking Ball Looms...” Seattle Times 1/13/10) War SecretsSecrecy of the plant was so crucial during the war that Boeing built houses of plywood and fabric and installed fake streets to camouflage the roof. John Detlie, a Hollywood art director and first husband of actress Veronica Lake, helped blend the facility into the surrounding neighborhood. The fake housing development covered nearly 26 acres with netting, plywood and other material.
Monthly Archives: June 2011
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Father's Day Sale 2011 :: Cool Dads Only
Cool Dads Only!
Receive 20% off all purchase over $150 - Coupon # "CFD2011"
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Cockpit G-1 flight jacket - Made in USA
Cockpit USA Would like to thank "PROTEC via Portanova 2 - Bologna" for such a great photo post on their flickr account!
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Freaky Friday
Being that Cockpit USA is an authentic heritage brand and official supplier to the U.S. Air Force we have quite the customer range. On a recent trip to the American Airpower Museum, I sat down with the son of founder Jeff Clyman who we will refer to as "Goose" (for privacy matters, Top Gun movie reference and well... my own personal humor) to discuss the difference between men's fashion and military out-fitting.Goose is currently serving our country as an F-16 fighter pilot, and is also a New York based bachelor. Dressed to impress as always we begin to talk "photo shoots" and "brand direction", and just as Goose begins to inform me that my models are "too pretty" and was looking at a pair of skinny jeans like I was asking him to put on with a doubtful look- we realized there was some work to be done… I had the best project in mind :)The goal at Cockpit is to capture the fashionable and the "Guy's-guy" men of the world and I apparently missed a swag in my skip. So for fun we switched it up, each of us styled and posed the other. Without further a do...I present:Rudy Gonzales- Fighter Pilot a.k.a Fashion Buyer & PublicistGoose- Stylish New Yorker a.k.a F-16 Fighter Pilot & StudPlease visit www.americanairpowermuseum.com -
B-17 Flyingfortress lands at AAM - Memorial Day 2011
B-17 Flyingfortress lands at American Airpower Museum - Sponsored by Jeff & Jacky Clyman & Cockpit USA - Memorial Day weekend 2011
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"FiFi" B-29 "Superfortress" Airplane from the CAF
This memorial day weekend "FiFi" B-29 "Superfortress" form the CAF, airplane visited the American Airpower Museum in Farmingdale NY.
"FiFi" B-29 "Superfortress" from the CAF @ American Airpower Museum - Memorial Day 2011
Jeff & Jacky Clyman in "FiFi" B-29 "Superfortress" from the CAF
The Boeing B-29 Superfortress was a four-engine propeller-driven heavy bomber that was flown primarily by the United States in World War II and theKorean War. The B-29 remained in service in various roles throughout the 1950s. The British Royal Air Force flew the B-29 and used the nameWashington for the type, and the Soviet Union produced an unlicensed copy as the Tupolev Tu-4. The name "Superfortress" was derived from that of its well-known predecessor, the B-17 Flying Fortress. The B-29 was the progenitor of a series of Boeing-built bombers, reconnaissance aircraft, trainers and tankers including the B-29 variant, B-50 Superfortress. Later jet-powered models from Boeing (the B-47 Stratojet and the B-52 Stratofortress) carried on the lineage.(Wikipedia - B-29 Superfortress)
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