{"id":3182,"date":"2019-02-28T19:21:24","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T19:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monroeengineering.com\/blog\/?p=3182"},"modified":"2024-12-03T20:26:57","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T20:26:57","slug":"who-invented-the-rivet-a-riveting-bit-of-aviation-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monroeengineering.com\/blog\/who-invented-the-rivet-a-riveting-bit-of-aviation-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Invented The Rivet? A &#8220;Riveting&#8221; Bit Of Aviation History."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/monroeengineering.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/industry-3348618_1920-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Rivets on the outside of a plane\" class=\"wp-image-3183\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Rivet is as critical to airplane construction as the lightweight aluminum from which they are made. It did not take long for engineers to determine that the dome head rivet was causing a lot of drag, leading to the development of the flush rivet. History gives Howard Hughes credit for both the butt joint and the flush head rivet. Both techniques were used on his H-1 racer which first flew in 1935. While Hughes was a wizard of <g class=\"gr_ gr_20 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling multiReplace\" id=\"20\" data-gr-id=\"20\">self promotion<\/g> and a certainly capable of engineering advances, neither the flush rivet or butt joints are his<g class=\"gr_ gr_34 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Style replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"34\" data-gr-id=\"34\">!<\/g><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><g class=\"gr_ gr_34 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Style replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"34\" data-gr-id=\"34\">Charles<\/g> Ward Hall of the Hall-Aluminum Aircraft Corporation submitted a patent proposal for a flush rivet in 1926. 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