We Live In Complex Aircraft Combination Ages Poem by Terence George Craddock

iron was to heavy for building planes the first
designed planes were built like a child's play kite
a frame of lightweight wood thin canvas body wings
planes were frail looking fragile wings built for lift
wood steel replaced by aluminium titanium alloys
were the favourite construction materials for aircraft

now we use a kind of stone coal how? Graphite

epoxy or carbon-fiber-reinforced
polymer is the popular choice
for state-of-the-art commercial
aircraft why? yes weight weight
weight the enemy of flight weight
resilient carbon fibers embedded

in an epoxy resin a carbon composite
materials can be stacked in a number
of efficient strength enhancing ways
to meet various demands of maintaining
integrity during high-speed required flight
the beauty of these carbon-fiber materials

is they are about as strong as aluminum
but half the weight weight weight weight
any predictions for future aircraft materials
construction will focus on strength weight
ratios perhaps an artificial graphite material
smooth thin ultra strong diamond structures

graphene seems a present logical choice
manufactured from carbon graphene is
the thinnest strongest most conductive
material on the planet ultra sonic craft
produce great heat graphene could be used
constructed to divert heat from lead edges

graphene is hexagonally arranged atoms
its tensile strength is known to be 200 times
greater than steel studies at Rice University
revealed it is 10 times better than steel at
dissipating energy an ability to be explored
can anyone see uses in aircraft technology

spider's silk was the thinnest strongest
material five times stronger than steel
tougher than kevlar but for past decades
scientists have failed to produce artificial
spider's silk in their lab lairs but produced
a new material that mimics spider silk's

strength stretchiness energy-absorbing capacity
therefore the new future of aircraft construction
the possibilities directions are still wide open