A Giant Pole Helps Bend Aluminum Aircraft Skin for a B-17 Flying Fortress -- Metal fabrication

Volunteers manually bending a sheet of soon to be aileron skin to the correct radius. The "Champaign Lady" is being restored back to flight at the Champaign Aviation Museum. Volunteers getting her back in the air. Please subscribe to our channel: http://www.youtube.com/c/champaignavi....

LIVE VIDEO STREAM of the restoration hangar
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LIVE VIDEO STREAM of the workshop area
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