"Hangar Queen"
THE WOUNDED PLANE

THAT Flies AGAIN

The Germans and the Japs do bring down some Ameri-
can planes- but they'd better be sure they fall in
enemy territory. Otherwise, many of them have a way
of coming up again, to do battle once more.

The damaged planes- called "hangar-queens" - are
kept intact, till their undamaged parts are needed to
repair another plane.

What makes possible this free interchanged of parts
is that miracle of modern manufacture, which we're
prone to take for granted- STANDARDIZATION.

The striking story of the hangar-queen, made possible
by standardization, only highlights its benefits to the
world in a time of peace. For not until the use of inter-
changeable parts made mass production possible did all
the people begin to share the comforts formerly available
only to the few. And the end in not yet.

Standard Threads - SAVE TIME - SAVE MONEY!

GUN TAP

Here are three different types of Tap, all of the same

Selecting

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size. One of these will best suite your requirements.

THE RIGHT TAP

CUT THREAD

You'll save money on your work if you first de-

FOR THE JOB

TAP

termine which of these types you should use, and

GREENFIELD

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thereafter specify this type for that job. This is

TAP AND DIE

GROUND THREAD

"Standardization" in practice.

CORPORATION

TAP

GREENFIELD TAP AND DIE CORPORATION GREENFIELD MASSACHUSETTS

March 15. 1944
Aero Digest
117

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An advertisement placed by Greenfield Tap and Die Corporation (GTD) ran in Aero Digest magazine during WWII. GTD was the world's largest maker of taps, dies and gages. GTD produced measuring devices that insured an accurate fit for all parts produced anywhere in the country and allowed for mass production and standardization. One result was that the Air Force was able to use salvageable parts from old damaged planes called "Hangar Queens" to fix other planes. These kinds of efforts on the home front helped to win the war.

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