La Nasa Jacopo, Ceccarini Alessio, Ducoli Riccardo, Manariti Antonella, Lucejko Jeanette J, Degano Ilaria, Capra Neva, Giovannini Lucia, Tomasi Maria Luisa, Modugno Francesca, Colombini Maria Perla, Bonaduce Ilaria
Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, Via Giuseppe Moruzzi 13, 56124, Pisa, Italy.
CISUP Centre for Instrument Sharing, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Sci Rep. 2023 Jul 27;13(1):12170. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-39164-9.
From the Pioneer Era of the aviation to World War I the evolution of aircraft technology and chemical synthesis enabled a unique coexistence of traditional craftsmanship, artistic decoration practices, and technological advancements. The study of the materials used in these early years of aviation is still an uncharted territory: a vast portion of remaining planes has been partially or completely repaired and restored, usually by total replacement of the fabric. The Italian biplane Ansaldo A.1 (1918) is a fighter aircraft and is one of the few planes in the world that still preserves its own original materials. In the last years, the fabric sections of the airplane have started to become brittle and loose cohesion, severely compromising the integrity of the aircraft, and resulting in a general alteration of the pictorial layers of the painted sections. A chemical investigation was undertaken to unveil the materials, and to elucidate the causes of the degradation. This study presents one of the first steps into the study of early historical aircrafts, defining the background for the conservation plans to preserve these objects for future generations.
从航空先驱时代到第一次世界大战，飞机技术和化学合成的发展使得传统工艺、艺术装饰手法与技术进步得以独特共存。对航空业早期所使用材料的研究仍是一个未知领域：现存的大部分飞机都已进行了部分或全部修复，通常是通过完全更换蒙皮来实现。意大利双翼飞机安萨尔多A.1（1918年）是一款战斗机，也是世界上少数仍保留其原始材料的飞机之一。在过去几年里，飞机的蒙皮部分开始变脆且粘结力下降，严重危及飞机的完整性，并导致涂漆部分的图案层普遍受损。为了揭示这些材料并阐明降解原因，开展了一项化学调查。本研究是对早期历史飞机研究的初步探索之一，为保护这些文物以供后代传承的保护计划奠定了基础。
