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Composition: critical

 Composition: critical when a us air force pilot complained last year that the composite wing on his Stealth fighter is too flexible, no one bothered to check. However, his fears were soon realised when the us $45-million aircraft shed the faulty wing during an air show last September and fell out of the sky like a piece of rock trying to fly. Not long after, noted singer John Denver died in the crash of a composite-construction home-built plane called Long e-z . Composites

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