But he cautioned that even with these planes, the airstream could grab the fuselage skin as it flapped out and "rip the thing open."
It is not possible to determine the number and disposition of parting lines of the fuselage skin.
The fuselage was formed of stringers to which the fuselage skin was riveted.
We don't know how thick the fuselage skin is or how tough it is.
That is where radar showed the 150-square-foot door and an adjacent section of fuselage skin falling.
When the door blew out, it ripped away a 15-foot-high section of fuselage skin attached to the door top.
There were some differences between this aircraft and the final production aircraft, such as a thinner fuselage skin.
As 305 series, but with strengthened fuselage skin and undercarriage.
Post landing inspection revealed that there were wrinkles in the fuselage skin and the nose gear was bent.
There were quite a few of these spike-tooth injuries to the fuselage skin.