Aeroplane Panels?

The following is the text of a posting that was put out to various newsgroups. It is self-explanatory.

Start of posting:

I have been assisting some children to put together some pages for a small intranet in their primary school. Whilst gathering information for the main school page various people mentioned to the children that the extension, built in the 1950s, was made out of 'aircraft panels'. Apparently there was an abundance of these after the Second World War and it became a common material for quick extensions to many schools. By the way we are talking about the Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England area.

I am therefore enquiring through various newsgroups whether this is true. If it is, the children would like to put together a foyer display, perhaps showing photographs of the 'real' aeroplane from which their school is made! Thus any information on the subject would be appreciated.

The panels have a protuding rib which is roughly 1 inch square with slanting sides. The repeat frequency is roughly 9 1/2 inches. I cannot see behind the panel so I don't know if it is a single sheet or (I suspect) a layered construction. If you would like to see some photographs of the extension, I have put these temporarily in my web page, www.erio.co.uk. You will find it under 'Snippets'.

Lastly appreciate I am totally out of my depth with this - if you are the wrong newsgroup I do apologise.

End of posting

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