I have an Aero-master decal sheet, and it says, “no data block on this aircraft.” Does this refer to stencils, or what? Anybody’s help is appreciated. Thanks fellers.
dragonfly
Generally the data block has the aircraft info on it. Not all A/C during WW II kept them on. This is what they pretty much look like.
Wayners,
Thanks for the info, now it all makes sense. You’re never too old to learn something new.
dragonfly
Yeah, there was one of those for my B-36. Real handy in case I forgot what I was putting together.
AFAIK, the data block was only used on USAAC/USAF aircraft from about 1941 or so up to the present day. It’s supposed to have the aircraft type to include the production block number, full aircraft serial number, and servicing reference. I could dig out the complete reference from the old Tech Order 1-1-4 that has the ‘official’ reference, if you’d like. At least all the birds I worked on had this data block, and the location of the all-important fuel servicing ‘credit card’.
The data block is a stencil on the left side of the fuselage, usually below the pilot’s window or canopy.
Navy/Marine aircraft did not have anything similar, to my knowlege.