ANST - duct tape info
Sandy M Koenig
ravensmk at juno.com
Fri Jun 26 02:34:11 PDT 1998
Very interesting. My dad probably knew that. He was in WWII
ravben
On Wed, 24 Jun 1998 19:54:27 -0500 scurlock at ies.net (Raymond Catz)
writes:
>
>
>> > > Um, it's "duct" tape, isn't it?
>> >
>> > You are correct! I realized the typo as I was hitting
>> > the send button.......However there are some brands
>> > out there sold as "duck" tape, they put little ducks on
>> > the label. Not much we Amazons don't know about
>> > in the way of gray tape and it's uses!
>> >
>> > Baroness Caterina
>> > Bryn Gwlad
>
>A trivial history lesson.
>
>Originally this tape was , in fact, referred to as duck tape. This
>tape
>became very popular during WWII among naval aviators because of its
>water-repellant properties. (Hence, the term, "duck tape".) If, for
>any
>reason, you find yourself looking at documentary footage of planes
>taking
>off from a carrier during the pacific war, look at the ends of the
>machine
>guns on the wings. You will find that they are covered with a gray
>tape,
>the purpose of which was to keep the spray out of the barrels. This
>is
>why, naval avaitors "cleared their guns" by firing off a few rounds
>just
>after takeoff.
>
> Jeremy
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